page_title: Nicholas Hough
hierarchical_section_title: Nicholas Hough
caption_attribution_description: Meeting de Paris 2019 - Compétition d'athlétisme au stade Charlety - 24 août 2019
context_page_description: Nicholas Hough is an Australian sprinter and hurdler.
  At the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, Hough won the 110 metres hurdles in a new personal best of 13.37 seconds. He narrowly edged ahead of Dongqiang Wang of China and Jussi Kanervo of Finland to take the Gold Medal and become the first ever Youth Olympic Games hurdles champion.
  Hough also competed in the Pirtek All-Stars Gatorade Bolt meet at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre on 15 September 2010. The event was a promotional visit for the Jamaican Sprint King Usain Bolt, and took place on the 10th anniversary of the Sydney Olympics. Nick won the David Baxter memorial 100m in a time of 10.62s, half a second quicker than the fastest men in football, Lachie Turner, John Grant and Jarryd Hayne, the fastest of whom clocked 11.10s on the night.
  In 2011, Hough graduated from The King's School, Parramatta where he was the School Captain. In his HSC, he came equal Fifth in the state in Software Development.
  He is currently studying a combined degree of Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Laws at Sydney University, and trialled for the 2012 Olympic Games.
context_section_description: Nicholas Hough (born 20 October 1993) is an Australian sprinter and hurdler.
  At the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, Hough won the 110 metres hurdles in a new personal best of 13.37 seconds. He narrowly edged ahead of Dongqiang Wang of China and Jussi Kanervo of Finland to take the Gold Medal and become the first ever Youth Olympic Games hurdles champion.
  Hough also competed in the Pirtek All-Stars Gatorade Bolt meet at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre on 15 September 2010.  The event was a promotional visit for the Jamaican Sprint King Usain Bolt, and took place on the 10th anniversary of the Sydney Olympics.  Nick won the David Baxter memorial 100m in a time of 10.62s, half a second quicker than the fastest men in football, Lachie Turner, John Grant and Jarryd Hayne, the fastest of whom clocked 11.10s on the night.
  In 2011, Hough graduated from The King's School, Parramatta where he was the School Captain. In his HSC, he came equal Fifth in the state in Software Development.
  He is currently studying a combined degree of Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Laws at Sydney University, and trialled for the 2012 Olympic Games.
  In 2014 he was a member of the Australian Commonwealth Games team, to represent Australia at Glasgow, Scotland. Hough placed 4th in the final of the 110m hurdles, and achieved a personal best.
  In the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Hough placed 3rd taking the bronze medal and achieved personal best for the Men's 110m hurdles.
caption: Hough in 2019
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