Nicholas Hough

Nicholas Hough (born 20 October 1993) is an Australian sprinter and hurdler.

Nicholas Hough
Hough in 2019
Personal information
Nationality Australian
Born (1993-10-20) 20 October 1993
Sydney
ResidenceSydney
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)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)

110 m Hurdles - 107 cm: 13.38 s (Gold Coast 2018)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold CoastMen's 110 m hurdles
Summer Youth Olympics
2010 Singapore110 m hurdles
2010 SingaporeBoys' medley relay
World Junior Championships in Athletics
2012 Barcelona110 m hurdles
Oceania Youth Championships
2010 Sydney 100 m
2010 Sydney 200 m
2010 Sydney 110 m hurdles
2010 Sydney 4x100 m relay
Updated on 18 April 2013.

At the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, Hough won the 110 metres hurdles in a new personal best of 13.37 seconds.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

He is currently studying a combined degree of Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Laws at Sydney University, and trialled for the 2012 Olympic Games.

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.[5]

Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Australia
2010 Oceania Youth Championships Sydney, Australia 1st 100 m 10.83 (0.0 m/s)
Oceania Youth Championships Sydney, Australia 1st 200 m 21.79 (-2.9 m/s)
Oceania Youth Championships Sydney, Australia 1st 110 m hurdles 13.87 (-1.8 m/s)
Oceania Youth Championships Sydney, Australia 1st 4 × 100 m relay 41.36
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 27th (h) 110 m hurdles 13.61
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 6th 110 m hurdles 13.73
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 22nd (sf) 60 m hurdles 7.79
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold coast, Australia 3rd 110 m hurdles 13.38 PB
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 21st (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.61

References
  1. McGrath, Tim (21 August 2010). "Hough leads medal spree in Singapore". Inside Athletics. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011.
  2. Pranesh, Nageshwar (23 August 2010). "Nicholas Hough hits the heights in Singapore". The Hills Shire Times.
  3. "David Baxter Memorial Men's 100m". Archived from the original on 17 October 2010.
  4. "The King's School 2011 HSC Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2012.
  5. Henson, Mike (10 April 2018). "Commonwealth Games: Caster Semenya wins 1500m gold, Melissa Courtney third". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2018.


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