Nicholas Hum

BIOGRAPHY

Nicholas Hum started athletics in his teens, in 2008. He joined Melbourne club, Glenhuntly, and came under the guidance of Olympic hurdler Max Binnington. Within a few year, he made his Australian debut at the 2011 World Para Athletics Championships placing fifth in the long jump with a distance of 6.55m. He continued to represent Australia at the world championships in 2013 and 2015, again making the top-10 in the long jump on both occasions. 
Aiming for selection at his first Paralympics, he achieved his first 7 metres jump in a major competition, with 7.05m in March 2016. Selected for Rio, he placed fifth with a leap of 6.89m, just 10cm from the podium. 

Over the next few years he became a regular 7 metre jumper, registering his current Australian record of 7.39m and locking up another fifth at the World Para Athletics Championships in 2017.

Jumping below 7 metres during the Pandemic, six weeks before the Tokyo Paralympics he hit an excellent wind-assisted 7.21m. At the Games, he was boosted with the news his wife gave birth just days before he would compete, going on to win his first medal, bronze, with a distance of 7.12m.

Selected in his fifth world championships team, Nicholas Hum heads to Paris with a season’s best of 7.05m.

@ 19 June 2023 david.tarbotton@athletics.org.au