Nicholas Hough

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Nicholas Hough
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Hough in 2019
Personal information
Nationality Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian
Born (1993-10-20) 20 October 1993 (age 30)
Sydney
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Sprints & 110 metres hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 10.39 s (Melbourne 2013)

200 m: 20.66 s (Sydney 2013) 110 m Hurdles - 91 cm: 13.37 s (Singapore 2010) 110 m Hurdles - 99 cm: 13.27 s (Barcelona 2012)

Contents

110 m Hurdles - 107 cm: 13.38 s (Gold Coast 2018)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Men's 110 m hurdles
Summer Youth Olympics
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Singapore 110 m hurdles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Singapore Boys' medley relay
World Junior Championships in Athletics
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Barcelona 110 m hurdles
Oceania Youth Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Sydney 100 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Sydney 200 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Sydney 110 m hurdles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Sydney 4x100 m relay
Updated on 18 April 2013

Nicholas Hough[ pronunciation? ] (born 20 October 1993) is an Australian sprinter and hurdler.

Early years

In 2011, Hough graduated from The King's School, Parramatta where he was the School Captain. In his HSC, he came equal fifth in the state in Software Development. [1] Hough was an all-rounder, competing in sprints, hurdles, jumps and the shot put.

Hough made his international debut aged 16 at the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games. Two years later he competed at the IAAF World Junior Championships winning silver in the 110m hurdles.

In 2013 Hough ran his lifetime bests in the sprints (10.39/20.66), securing semi-final places at the World University Games. He was then invited to run in the team for the national 4x100m relay at the World Championships. [2]

Achievements

At the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, Hough won the 110 metres hurdles in a new personal best of 13.37 seconds. [3] He narrowly edged ahead of Dongqiang Wang of China and Jussi Kanervo of Finland to take the gold medal and become the first ever Youth Olympic Games hurdles champion. [4]

Hough also competed in the Pirtek All-Stars Gatorade Bolt meet at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre on 15 September 2010. The event was a promotional visit for the Jamaican Sprint King Usain Bolt, and took place on the 10th anniversary of the Sydney Olympics. Nick won the David Baxter memorial 100m in a time of 10.62s, half a second quicker than the fastest men in football, Lachie Turner, John Grant and Jarryd Hayne, the fastest of whom clocked 11.10s on the night. [5]

In 2014 he was a member of the Australian Commonwealth Games team, to represent Australia at Glasgow, Scotland. Hough placed 4th in the final of the 110m hurdles, and achieved a personal best. In the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Hough placed 3rd taking the bronze medal and achieved personal best for the Men's 110m hurdles. [6]

Hough qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He came third in his Men's 110m hurdles heat with a time of 13:57 and therefore qualified for the semi-final. In the semi-final Hough ran seventh with a time of 13:88, half a second behind the semi-final winner and eventual bronze medallist Ronald Levy from Jamaica. [7]

Hough is currently studying a combined degree of Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Laws at Sydney University. [7]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
2010 Oceania Youth Championships Sydney, Australia 1st100 m10.83 (0.0 m/s)
Oceania Youth Championships Sydney, Australia 1st200 m21.79 (-2.9 m/s)
Oceania Youth Championships Sydney, Australia 1st110 m hurdles13.87 (-1.8 m/s)
Oceania Youth Championships Sydney, Australia 1st4 × 100 m relay41.36
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 27th (h)110 m hurdles 13.61
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 6th110 m hurdles 13.73
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 22nd (sf)60 m hurdles 7.79
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold coast, Australia 3rd110 m hurdles 13.38 PB
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 21st (sf)110 m hurdles 13.61
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 21st (sf)110 m hurdles 13.88
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 15th (sf)110 m hurdles 13.42

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References

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