HUM Nicholas

Date of Birth: 29 Jan 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T20

Place of birth: MELBOURNE, VIC

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : MELBOURNE, VIC

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Long Jump - T20	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump	Men's Long Jump - T20 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
5	Long Jump - T20	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	6.89
World Championships
5	Long Jump - T20	2017	London, GBR	6.78
5	Men's Long Jump T20	2011	Christchurch, NZL	6.55
8	Long Jump - T20	2013	Lyon, FRA	6.19
10	Long Jump - T20	2015	Doha, QAT	6.31

Nick (Facebook profile, 26 Jul 2021)

Going to the gym, playing basketball. (athletics.com.au, 2017)

Trade - Carpenter

Partner Mairead

Languages spoken:

Glenhuntly Athletic Club [Melbourne, VIC, AUS]

John Boas [personal]

Sporting relatives:

His father represented the Australian state of Victoria on the track. (athletics.com.au, 2017)

Other sports:

He played basketball at the 2011 International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability [INAS] Global Games in Italy. He was joint top scorer for Australia and they finished in fourth place. (Basketball Victoria, 30 Mar 2011; knox-leader.whereilive.com.au, 09 Aug 2012)

2011 for Australia (paralympic.org.au, 2012)

He had an injured back ahead of the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (dandenong.starcommunity.com.au, 19 Aug 2016)

He began the sport in 2010. (paralympic.org.au, 2012)

He first competed at an inter-school competition. He was then invited to train with the sprinting squad at Glenhuntly Athletic Club in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, where he tried long jump. (Athlete, 17 Jan 2011)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (paralympic.org.au, 12 Aug 2019)

Jumping the A qualifying standard with a slipped disc to qualify for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (paralympic.org.au, 12 Aug 2019)

US sprinter Michael Johnson, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. (paralympic.org.au, 12 Aug 2019; vis.org.au, 2014)

His parents. (Athlete, 17 Jan 2011)

He believes the number eight brings him good luck. (Athlete, 17 Jan 2011)

Philosophy:

"Love what you do, do what you love." (paralympic.org.au, 12 Aug 2019)

General Interest

Classification
T20 (IPC, 20 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Intellectual impairment (paralympic.org.au, 12 Aug 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (paralympic.org.au, 12 Aug 2019)

General
BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIP
He gave up the chance to compete in athletics at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London by taking a basketball scholarship at the Victorian Institute of Sport [VIS] in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. "I've always wanted to get into the VIS. It's pretty unreal." (knox-leader.whereilive.com.au, 09 Aug 2012)

Social Media

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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