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Nicholas Nieland (born 31 January 1972 in Truro , Cornwall ) is a British javelin thrower .
He was the British number three for many years. When his long-time domestic rival Steven Backley retired, Nieland rose to prominence to achieve a gold medal for England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games becoming number one in the UK.
His personal best is 85.09m set in 2000 and his best throw in 2006 is 84.70m. He won 4 national titles from 1996 to 2007, setting personal bests in the Olympic Trials in 1996 and 2000.
Nieland is a graduate of Bristol University with a BSc Chemistry 1994, and PhD Chemistry 1999.
Nick made his achievements in athletics from 2000 to 2007 while working as an equity analyst for a top investment bank in the City of London. After retirement he went on to become a strategic analyst for pharmaceutical firm Novartis , later joining the pharmaceutical research team of Citigroup .[1]
Achievements [ edit ]
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Notes
1996
Olympic Games
Atlanta, Georgia , United States
25th
75.74 m
1997
World Championships
Athens, Greece
26th
74.52 m
1999
World Championships
Seville, Spain
28th
72.12 m
2000
Olympic Games
Sydney, Australia
13th
82.12 m
2001
World Championships
Edmonton, Canada
21st
78.02 m
2002
European Championships
Munich, Germany
25th
71.92 m
2004
Olympic Games
Athens, Greece
28th
72.79 m
2005
World Championships
Helsinki, Finland
13th
76.71 m
2006
European Championships
Gothenburg, Sweden
11th
76.92 m
Seasonal bests by year [ edit ]
1995 - 76.30
1996 - 83.06
1997 - 78.76
1998 - 78.68
1999 - 83.68
2000 - 85.09
2001 - 82.93
2002 - 80.05
2003 - 82.97
2004 - 79.06
2005 - 79.56
2006 - 84.70
2007 - 79.04
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