Nicholas Percy

Nicholas Percy

OLY

Personal information
Born	(1994-12-05) 5 December 1994 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Education	University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Discus throw
College team	Nebraska Cornhuskers
Club	Shaftesbury Barnet
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.

Biography

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.

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.

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 where he failed to qualify for the final.

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

External links

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