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Nicholas Percy
Personal information
Born (1994-12-05) 5 December 1994 (age 29)
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom[1]
EducationUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Weight125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventDiscus throw
College teamNebraska Cornhuskers
ClubShaftesbury Barnet[3]
Coached byRaymond Scovell (–2010)
John Hillier (2012–2013)
William Bushnell (2011–2011)
Vésteinn Hafsteinsson (2014–2020)
Zane Duquemin (2020–)

Nicholas Percy OLY (born 5 December 1994) is a Scottish athlete specialising in the discus throw.[4]

Biography

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Percy represented Great Britain at the 2017 World Championships without reaching the final. He won a silver medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships.

His personal best in the event is 67.73 metres, set at the Oklahoma Throws Series, Ramona, Oklahoma, USA, on 6 April 2024. This Improved his PB by more than two metres and his ranking from No.10 to No.2 on the UK all-time list.

Only UK record-holder Lawrence Okoye has thrown further with his national record of (68.24m) from 2012. It also improved his own Scottish record of 65.00m, which he achieved at the UK Championships in 2022. [5]

He became British champion for the fifth time when winning the discus throw event at the 2022 British Athletics Championships with a throw of 65.00.[6]

After winning the discus silver medal at the 2024 British Athletics Championships, Percy was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics[7] where he failed to qualify for the final.[8]

International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Great Britain and  Scotland
2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France 7th Discus throw (1.5 kg) 58.95 m
Commonwealth Youth Games Douglas, Isle of Man 2nd Discus throw (1.5 kg) 62.96 m
3rd Hammer throw (5 kg) 64.96 m
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 8th Discus throw (1.75 kg) 57.79 m
2013 European Junior Championships Rieti, Italy 2nd Discus throw (1.75 kg) 62.04 m
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 13th (q) Discus throw 56.71 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 29th (q) Discus throw 56.93 m
2019 Universiade Naples, Italy 7th Discus throw 60.92 m
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 14th (q) Discus throw 63.20 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 14th (q) Discus throw 61.26 m
Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom 5th Discus throw 63.53 m
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 20th (q) Discus throw 61.81 m

References

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  1. ^ Nebraska Cornhuskers bio
  2. ^ EAA profile
  3. ^ Power of 10 profile
  4. ^ Nicholas Percy at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  5. ^ "Nick Percy goes No.2 on the UK all-time discus rankings". 7 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Results list". British Athletics.
  7. ^ "Kerr & Johnson-Thompson head GB Olympics athletics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  8. ^ "'It is such a special day, so there is no disappointment'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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