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Nikkita Holder
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Nikkita Holder at "Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern" 2012, Lucerne, Switzerland
Personal information
Nationality Canadian
Born (1987-05-07) 7 May 1987 (age 37)
East York, Ontario
Height 1.70 m
Weight 59 kg
Sport
Sport 100 m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 100 m hurdles: 12.80 Calgary, 2012
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Bronze 2015 Toronto 100 m hurdles

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.

Career

Holder 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."

In July 2016 she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team.

Personal

She was married to fellow national track and sprinter Justyn Warner, together they have one child.

Honours

In 2012 Holder was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Canada
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

  • List of Canadian sports personalities
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