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Nikkita Holder

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