Terrence Agard

Terrence Agard

Agard in 2016
Personal information
Born	(1990-04-16) 16 April 1990 (age 35) Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles [1]
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [2]
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 metres
Club	Haag Atletiek
Coached by	Rana Reider [1]
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	48 (400m) 1140 (Overall)
Medal record Men's track and field Representing   Netherlands Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 4×400 m relay World Indoor Championships 2022 Belgrade 4×400 m relay

Terrence Agard (born 16 April 1990 in Willemstad) is a Dutch sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. ^[3] He represented the Netherlands Antilles until the dissolution of that country in 2010.

In September 2015, he had a car crash while riding with fellow sprinters, Churandy Martina and Hensley Paulina, which left Agard with a broken vertebra in his neck. ^[4] He returned to competition in April 2016. ^[1]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the   Netherlands Antilles
2006	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Les Abymes, Guadeloupe	10th (h)	800 m	2:06.81
			12th (h)	1500 m	4:44.04
2007	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands	10th (h)	400 m	50.05
			9th	800 m	2:07.88
	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	38th (h)	400 m	49.99
2008	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	10th (h)	400 m	48.57
			6th	800 m	1:56.07
	NACAC U23 Championships	Toluca, Mexico	17th (h)	200 m	22.90
2009	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia	5th	4 × 100 m relay	41.16
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:17.46
	Central American and Caribbean Champions	Havana, Cuba	8th	4 × 100 m relay	40.44
	Pan American Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	13th (h)	400 m	48.31
2010	South American Games	Medellín, Colombia	4th	400 m	47.47
Representing the   Netherlands
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	11th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.93
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	19th (h)	400 m	47.59
	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	–	4 × 400 m relay	DNF
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.52
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	–	400 m	DNF
2019	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	5th (B)	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.15
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:57.18
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.90
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.14
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.40
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.25
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.50
2025	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	8th	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.84

Personal bests

^[5] Outdoor

• 200 metres – 20.78 (-0.2 m/s, St-Martin 2015)
• 400 metres – 45.61 (La Chaux-de-Fonds 2019)

Indoor

• 400 metres – 46.77 (Apeldoorn 2015)

References

1. Stouwdam, Henk (28 February 2017). "His doctor never thought he would run again". NRC (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad . Retrieved 11 September 2017.
2. "European Athletics - Athlete: Terrence Agard". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
3. Terrence Agard at World Athletics
4. Giustiniano, Paolo (21 September 2015). "NEWS: Churandy Martina and other two Dutch athletes collided with a truck on the highway". Track Arena. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
5. "Profile of Terrence AGARD". All-Athletics.com. Retrieved 11 September 2017.

External links

• Terrence Agard at Olympedia
• Terrence Agard at Olympics.com
• Terrence Agard at TeamNL ( archive ) (in Dutch)
• Terrence Agard at Atletiek.nl (in Dutch)
• Terrence Agard on Instagram