Nicholas Hum

Nicholas "Nic" Hum (born 29 January 1993) is an Australian Paralympic athlete with an intellectual disability. He won the bronze medal in the men's long jump T20 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[1]

Nicholas Hum
2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait
Personal information
Born (1993-01-29) 29 January 1993
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country Australia
SportTrack and field (T20)
ClubGlenhuntly Athletic Club
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Men's Long Jump T20

Personal

Hum was born on 29 January 1993 and has an intellectual disability.[2] He works as a carpenter/builder.[2][3] His father represented Victoria in athletics. He studied in Dandenong Emerson, graduated in 2011.

Athletics

Hum started athletics in 2010 and is a member of the Glenhuntly Athletic Club in Melbourne, Victoria. He is classified as a T20. His main event is the T20 Long Jump. In November 2010, he won the long jump and the 100m at the Australian AWD Junior Championships in Canberra, breaking the national records in both events.[2] Hum has competed at four IPC World Championships. At the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships, he finished 5th in the Men's Long Jump F20 with a jump of 6.55m (-0.4) . This set an Australian and Oceania record.[2][4] At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, he finished 8th in the Men's Long Jump T20 with a jump of 6.19m(+1.0). At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, he finished 10th in the Men's Long Jump T20 with a jump of 6.31m(+2.0).

At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, he finished fifth in the Men's Long Jump T20 with a jump of 6.89.[5]

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, he finished fifth in the Men's Long Jump T20 with a jump of f 6.78m (-0.1).[6]

He competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, where he won the bronze medal in the Men's Long Jump T20 with an Australian record 7.12m. [7]

Hum with bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics

In 2021, he is coached by John Boas.

Hum's other sporting passion is basketball and he represented Australia at Global Games, Italy 2011.[8]

References
  1. Houston, Michael (4 September 2021). "Italy end athletics session with 1-2-3 in women's 100m at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  2. "Nicholas Hum". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. "Nicholas Hum". International Paralympic Committee website. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. "Nic Humm". Australian Athletics Historical Results. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. "Nicholas Hum". Rio Paralympics Official site. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  6. "Holt surges to gold once again". Athletics Australia News, 17 July 2017. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  7. "Para-athletics Team Set To 'Do What Australia Does Best' At Tokyo 2020". Paralympics Australia. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  8. "Nicholas Hum". Victorian Institute of Sport. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
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