Nick Smidt

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Nick Smidt
Nick Smidt in 2015
Personal information
Born (1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 (age 26)[1]
Assen, Netherlands
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400 metres hurdles
ClubAAC '61[2]
Coached byBetty Hofmeijer
Medal record
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Belgrade 4×400 m relay

Nick Smidt (Dutch: [nɪk smɪt]; born 12 May 1997) is a Dutch athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.[3] He won a silver medal at the 2019 European U23 Championships.[4]

His personal best in the event is 49.28 seconds set in Zürich in 2019.

International competitions[edit]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Atletiek Unie profile". atletiek.nl. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  3. ^ Nick Smidt at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

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