Nick McCormick

{{Short description|British long-distance runner (born 1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Nick McCormick | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = middle-distance | club = Morpeth Harriers | birth_date = 11 September 198 | birth_place = Hexham, England | death_date = | death_place = | height =188 cm | weight =70 kg }} '''Nicholas Adam McCormick''' (born 11 September 1981) is a former long distance runner from England who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/124079 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref>

== Biography == McCormick became the British 1500 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 2005 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref> He later finished on the podium at three successive British Athletics Championships from 2009 to 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref>

He represented England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/melbourne-2006/athletes |title=Melbourne 2006 Team |website=Team England |access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref> and at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, he represented Great Britain.<ref name=oly/>

== Achievements == {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}} |- |2005 |World Championships |Helsinki, Finland | 34th |1500 m |3:44.40 |- |rowspan=2|2006 |Commonwealth Games |Melbourne, Australia | 5th |1500 m |3:39.55 |- |European Championships |Gothenburg, Sweden | 12th |5000 m |14:06.18 |- |2008 |World Indoor Championships |Valencia, Spain |9th (h) |3000 m |8:00.01 |- |2009 |European Indoor Championships |Turin, Italy |6th |3000 m |7:52.07 |- |2011 |European Indoor Championships |Paris, France |18th (h) |1500 m |3:48.65 |- |2012 |Olympic Games |London, United Kingdom |14th (h) |5000 m |13:25.70 |}

== References == {{Reflist}} * {{World Athletics||name=Nick McCormick}} {{British Indoor Athletics Championships men's 1500 metres champions}} {{authority control}}

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