Nick Smidt
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | [1] Assen, Netherlands | 12 May 1997
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 400 metres hurdles |
Club | AAC '61[2] |
Coached by | Betty Hofmeijer Laurent Meuwly[3] |
Medal record |
Nick Smidt (Dutch: [nɪk ˈsmɪt]; born 12 May 1997) is a Dutch athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.[4] He won a silver medal at the 2019 European U23 Championships.[5]
His personal best in the event is 49.28 seconds set in Zürich in 2019.
International competitions
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing the Netherlands | |||||
2015 | European Junior Championships | Eskilstuna, Sweden | 7th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 52.59 |
2017 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | – | 400 m hurdles | DQ |
2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 15th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 50.96 |
9th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.93 | |||
2019 | European U23 Championships | Gävle, Sweden | 2nd | 400 m hurdles | 49.49 |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 26th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 50.54 | |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 19th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 49.35 |
2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:06.90 |
World Championships | Eugene, United States | 15th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 49.56 | |
9th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.14 | |||
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 20th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 50.29 | |
2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 8th | 400 m hurdles | 49.43 |
Olympic Games | Paris, France | 20th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 49.61 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics: SMIDT Nick". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Atletiek Unie profile". atletiek.nl. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ "Meuwly receives Coaching Achievement Award" (press release), World Athletics, 4 December 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ Nick Smidt at World Athletics
- ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
External links
[edit]- Nick Smidt at European Athletics
- Nick Smidt at Olympedia
- Nick Smidt at Olympics.com
- Nick Smidt at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
- Nick Smidt at Atletiek.nl (in Dutch)
- Nick Smidt on Instagram
Categories:
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Dutch male hurdlers
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands
- Sportspeople from Assen
- Dutch Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for the Netherlands
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- European Games competitors for the Netherlands
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen
- Dutch athletics biography stubs