Nikkita Holder (born May 7, 1987 in East York, Ontario) is a Canadian track and field athlete of Barbadian descent who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles. Holder won the bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in her home country and city in Toronto.
 Nikkita Holder at "Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern" 2012, Lucerne, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 May 1987 East York, Ontario | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | 100 m hurdles | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100 m hurdles: 12.80 Calgary, 2012 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editHolder competed at the 2015 Pan American Games. This event took place just one month after her father's death, in the finals she ran toward a bronze setting a season's best at 12.85. After the race she said "Since he’s passed, right before I race I kind of have this moment when I get teary-eyed. It kind of lets me know that he’s here. Getting this medal is a confirmation of my training, how hard I’ve worked emotionally and physically. I’m pretty pleased with myself."[2]
In July 2016 she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team.[3]
Personal
editShe was married to fellow national track and sprinter Justyn Warner, together they have one child.[4]
Honours
editIn 2012 Holder was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.[5]
Achievements
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Canada
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| 2006 | World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 12th (sf) | 100m hurdles | 13.94 (wind: -1.6 m/s) |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 6th | 100 m hurdles | 12.93 |
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 6th | 60 m hurdles | 8.09 |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 16th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.00 |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 20th (h) | 100 m hurdles | 12.921 |
1Disqualified in the semifinals
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Rio 2016 bio". Archived from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
- ^ Sean Fitz-Gerald (July 21, 2015). "Canada's Nikkita Holder earns bronze in 100-metre hurdles at Pan Am Games just a month after father's death". National Post.
- ^ Hossain, Asif (11 July 2016). "Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ "Canadian hurdler Nikkita Holder announces she's pregnant". CBC News. May 21, 2013.
- ^ "Olympic and Paralympic athletes to receive Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website | Team Canada | 2016 Olympic Games. 19 December 2012. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
External links
edit- Nikkita Holder at World Athletics
- Nikkita Holder at Athletics Canada (archive)
- Nikkita Holder at Team Canada
- Nikkita Holder at Olympics.com
- Nikkita Holder at Olympedia
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