Nicholas Hum
Nicholas Hum (29 January 1993 – 14 December 2025) was an Australian Paralympic athlete. He won the bronze medal in the men's long jump T20 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, his third Games.
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| Born | 29 January 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 December 2025 (aged 32) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field (T20) | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Glenhuntly Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | John Boas | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nicholas Hum (29 January 1993 – 14 December 2025[1]) was an Australian Paralympic athlete. He won the bronze medal in the men's long jump T20 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2] He competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, his third Games.[3]
Background
[edit]Hum was born on 29 January 1993, and had an intellectual disability.[4] He studied at Dandenong Emerson, graduating in 2011.[citation needed] He also worked as a cabinet maker.[4][5]
On 15 December 2025, it was announced that Hum had died at the age of 32.[6] He was survived by his wife Mairead and three children – William, Holly and Paige.[7]
Athletics
[edit]Hum started athletics in 2010 and was a member of the Glenhuntly Athletic Club in Melbourne, Victoria. He is classified as a T20. His main event is the T20 Long Jump. In November 2010, he won the long jump and the 100m at the Australian AWD Junior Championships in Canberra, breaking the national records in both events.[4] Hum has competed at four IPC World Championships. At the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships, he finished 5th in the Men's Long Jump F20 with a jump of 6.55m (-0.4) . This set an Australian and Oceania record.[4][8] At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, he finished 8th in the Men's Long Jump T20 with a jump of 6.19m(+1.0). At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, he finished 10th in the Men's Long Jump T20 with a jump of 6.31m(+2.0).
At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, he finished fifth in the Men's Long Jump T20 with a jump of 6.89.[9]
At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, he finished fifth in the Men's Long Jump T20 with a jump of f 6.78m (-0.1).[10]
He competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, where he won the bronze medal in the Men's Long Jump T20 with an Australian record 7.12m.[11] In the lead up to the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, Hum finished fourth in the Men's Long Jump T20 at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe with a jump of 6.78m. He competed in the men's long jump T20 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics where he finished sixth.[12]
In 2024, he was coached by John Boas.
Hum's other sporting passion was basketball and he represented Australia at the Global Games in Italy in 2011.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Death notice for HUM, Nicholas William". My Tributes.
- ^ Houston, Michael (4 September 2021). "Italy end athletics session with 1-2-3 in women's 100m at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Fearnley Protégé Among Newest Members Of Australian Paralympic Team | Paralympics Australia". paralympic.org.au. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Nicholas Hum". Australian Paralympic Committee website. September 2015. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Nicholas Hum". International Paralympic Committee website. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Australian Paralympic bronze medallist Nicholas Hum dies, aged 32". Seven News. 16 December 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
- ^ Monteverde, Marco (16 December 2025). "Paralympic bronze medallist Nicholas Hum dies as community pays tribute". News.com.au. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
- ^ "Nic Humm". Australian Athletics Historical Results. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Nicholas Hum". Rio Paralympics Official site. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ "Holt surges to gold once again". Athletics Australia News, 17 July 2017. 16 July 2017. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ^ "Para-athletics Team Set To 'Do What Australia Does Best' At Tokyo 2020". Paralympics Australia. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "Nicholas Hum". Victorian Institute of Sport. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
External links
[edit]- Nicholas Hum at Australian Athletics
- Nicholas Hum at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- Nicholas Hum at Paralympics Australia
- Nicholas Hum at the International Paralympic Committee
- Nicholas Hum at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (archived, alternate link)
