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Nicholas Percy

Nicholas Percy (born 5 December 1994) is a Scottish athlete specialising in the discus throw. He has competed at multiple major Championships, including the 2024 Olympic Games.[2]

Biography

Born in Glasgow, he later became based on the Isle of Wight.[3] He won a silver medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships in Rieti, Italy, with a discus throw of 62.04 metres.[4] He won the NCAA Championships in 2016. That year, he won his first British Athletics Championships title. He retained his title the following year and subsequently, Percy represented Great Britain at the 2017 World Championships without reaching the final.[3]

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.[3] He finished fifth representing Scotland in the discus throw at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[5] In 2022, he also represented Great Britain at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and the 2022 European Athletics Championships.[3] However, a back injury waylaid his forward progress and in 2023 he managed a season's best throw of 64.73 metres, and he missed the World Championships that year.[3]

He threw a personal best in the event of 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, with only UK record-holder Lawrence Okoye having thrown further. Percy also improved his own Scottish record of 65.00m, which he had previously set at the UK Championships in 2022. [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]

He threw 67.03 metres at the Oklahoma Throws Series meeting on 13 April 2025.[9]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
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

  1. ^ "Power of 10 profile Nick Percy". The Power of 10. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Nicholas Percy". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Nick Percy in the form of his life". Athletics Weekly. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  4. ^ "European Junior Championships". World Athletics. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  5. ^ "XXII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Nick Percy goes No.2 on the UK all-time discus rankings". 7 April 2024.
  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.
  9. ^ Adams, Tim (13 April 2025). "Mykolas Alekna shatters own world discus record in Oklahoma". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 13 April 2025.