Nick Smidt

Nick Smidt
Nick Smidt in 2015
Personal information
Born (1997-05-12) 12 May 1997[1]
Assen, Netherlands
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
400 metres hurdles
ClubAAC '61[2]
Coached byBetty Hofmeijer
Laurent Meuwly[3]
Medal record
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 Belgrade4 × 400 m relay
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Apeldoorn4 × 400 m mixed
Gold medal – first place2025 Apeldoorn4 × 400 m relay
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 Gävle400 metres hurdles

Nick Smidt (Dutch: [nɪk ˈsmɪt]; born 12 May 1997) is a Dutch athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.[4] He won a silver medal at the 2019 European U23 Championships.[5]

His personal best in the event is 48.36 seconds set in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 2023. This broke a 44-year old Dutch national record set by Harry Schulting in Mexico City in 1979. In August 2024, he precisely matched his national record time in Borås, Sweden.[4]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the  Netherlands
2015 European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 7th (sf) 400 m hurdles 52.59
2017 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland – 400 m hurdles DQ
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 15th (h) 400 m hurdles 50.96
9th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.93
2019 European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 2nd 400 m hurdles 49.49
World Championships Doha, Qatar 26th (h) 400 m hurdles 50.54
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 19th (sf) 400 m hurdles 49.35
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:06.90
World Championships Eugene, United States 15th (sf) 400 m hurdles 49.56
9th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:03.14
European Championships Munich, Germany 20th (sf) 400 m hurdles 50.29
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 8th 400 m hurdles 49.43
Olympic Games Paris, France 20th (sf) 400 m hurdles 49.61
2025 European Indoor Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands 1st 4 × 400 m mixed 3:15.63
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.95

Personal bests

Information from his World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[4]

Event Time Location Date Record
400 metres 46.50Breda, Netherlands28 July 2023
indoor 400 metres 46.17Apeldoorn, Netherlands22 February 2025
300 metres hurdles 34.38Bergen, Norway3 June 2025NBP
400 metres hurdles 48.36La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland2 July 2023NR
4 x 400 metres relay 3:01.32Guangdong, China11 May 2025
indoor 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.95Apeldoorn, Netherlands9 March 2025
indoor 4 × 400 m mixed 3:15.63Apeldoorn, Netherlands6 March 2025WB[a]

Notes

  1. ↑ While the indoor 4 x 400 m mixed relay was an official World athletics discipline per 1 March 2025 and the Dutch team ran the best time so far, it was not recognized as a world record, because the target for the initial record was set at 3:12.44 or faster.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics: SMIDT Nick". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Atletiek Unie profile". atletiek.nl. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Meuwly receives Coaching Achievement Award" (press release), World Athletics, 4 December 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 Nick Smidt at World Athletics
  5. ↑ "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  6. ↑ Indoor 4x400m mixed relay added to rule book as official discipline", World Athletics, 5 March 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
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