Nicholas Percy

Scottish discus thrower

Nicholas Percy

OLY

Personal information

Born|  (1994-12-05) 5 December 1994 (age 29)
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom[1]
Education| University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Height| 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Weight| 125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
Sport| Athletics
Event| Discus throw
College team| Nebraska Cornhuskers
Club| Shaftesbury Barnet[3]
Coached by| Raymond 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

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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
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.

## External links

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* Nicholas Percy at World Athletics
* Nicholas Percy at Team Scotland
* Nicholas Percy at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)

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British Athletics Championships men's discus throw champions

* 2007–09: Emeka Udechuku
* 2010: Brett Morse
* 2011: Abdul Buhari
* 2012: Lawrence Okoye
* 2013: Brett Morse
* 2014: Zane Duquemin
* 2015: Brett Morse
* 2016–17: Nicholas Percy
* 2018: Brett Morse
* 2019–20: Nicholas Percy
* 2021: Lawrence Okoye
* 2022: Nicholas Percy
* 2023: Lawrence Okoye
* 2024: Chukwuemeka Osammor

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