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]

Nicholas Percy

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Personal information
Born	(1994-12-05) 5 December 1994 (age 30) Glasgow, Scotland
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 Harriers[1]
Coached by	Raymond Scovell (–2010) John Hillier (2012–2013) William Bushnell (2011–2011) Vésteinn Hafsteinsson (2014–2020) Zane Duquemin (2020–)

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