{{Short description|Dutch sprinter (born 1990)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Terrence Agard | image = Terrence Agard in Dutch 4x400 team (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Agard in 2019 at 29 | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|04|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles<ref name=NRC/> | height = 1.88 m<ref name="european-athletics">{{cite web|url=http://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=a/athlete=153313-agard-terrence/index.html|title=European Athletics - Athlete: Terrence Agard|website=european-athletics.org|accessdate=11 September 2017}}</ref> | weight = 77 kg | sport = Athletics | event = 400 metres | education = | club = Haag Atletiek | coach = Rana Reider<ref name=NRC/> |highestranking = 48 (400m)<br>1140 (Overall) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's track and field}} {{MedalCountry | {{NED}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver|2020 Tokyo|4×400 m relay}} {{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Belgrade|4×400 m relay}} }} '''Terrence Agard''' (born 16 April 1990 in Willemstad) is a Dutch sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref> He represented the Netherlands Antilles until the dissolution of that country in 2010.
==Career== In September 2015, he had a car crash while riding with fellow sprinters, Churandy Martina and Hensley Paulina, which left Agard with a broken vertebra in his neck.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trackarena.com/22618/news-churandy-martina-and-other-two-dutch-athletes-collided-with-a-truck-on-the-highway|title=NEWS: Churandy Martina and other two Dutch athletes collided with a truck on the highway|last=Giustiniano|first=Paolo|date=21 September 2015|publisher=Track Arena|accessdate=11 September 2017}}</ref> He returned to competition in April 2016.<ref name="NRC">{{cite web|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/02/28/sinds-mijn-revalidatie-kan-ik-alles-aan-7015764-a1548084|title=His doctor never thought he would run again|last=Stouwdam|first=Henk|work=NRC |date=28 February 2017|publisher=NRC Handelsblad|language=Dutch|accessdate=11 September 2017}}</ref>
==Personal life== He is engaged to Lieke Klaver.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.meemetoranje.nl/atletiek/nieuws/dit-is-terrence-agard-de-vriend-van-lieke-klaver-die-door-vele-tegenslagen-de-spelen-misliep/|title=Dit is de vriend van Lieke Klaver, die haar ploeggenoot is bij TeamNL|website=meemetoranje.nl|language=nl|date=22 March 2026|access-date=7 April 2026}}</ref>
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing the {{AHO}} |- |rowspan=2|2006 |rowspan=2|CARIFTA Games (U17) |rowspan=2|Les Abymes, Guadeloupe |10th (h) |800 m |2:06.81 |- |12th (h) |1500 m |4:44.04 |- |rowspan=3|2007 |rowspan=2|CARIFTA Games (U20) |rowspan=2|Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |10th (h) |400 m |50.05 |- |9th |800 m |2:07.88 |- |World Youth Championships |Ostrava, Czech Republic |38th (h) |400 m |49.99 |- |rowspan=3|2008 |rowspan=2|CARIFTA Games (U20) |rowspan=2|Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis |10th (h) |400 m |48.57 |- |6th |800 m |1:56.07 |- |NACAC U23 Championships |Toluca, Mexico |17th (h) |200 m |22.90 |- |rowspan=4|2009 |rowspan=2|CARIFTA Games (U20) |rowspan=2|Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia |5th |4 × 100 m relay |41.16 |- |5th |4 × 400 m relay |3:17.46 |- |Central American and Caribbean Champions |Havana, Cuba |8th |4 × 100 m relay |40.44 |- |Pan American Junior Championships |Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |13th (h) |400 m |48.31 |- |2010 |South American Games |Medellín, Colombia |4th |400 m |47.47 |- !colspan="6"|Representing the {{NED}} |- |2014 |European Championships |Zürich, Switzerland |11th (h) |4 × 400 m relay |3:05.93 |- |rowspan=2|2015 |European Indoor Championships |Prague, Czech Republic |19th (h) |400 m |47.59 |- |IAAF World Relays |Nassau, Bahamas | – |4 × 400 m relay |DNF |- |2016 |European Championships |Amsterdam, Netherlands |7th |4 × 400 m relay |3:04.52 |- |2017 |European Indoor Championships |Belgrade, Serbia | – |400 m |DNF |- |2019 |World Relays |Yokohama, Japan |5th (B) |4 × 400 m relay |3:05.15 |- |2021 |Olympic Games |Tokyo, Japan |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 × 400 m relay |2:57.18 |- |rowspan=2|2022 |World Indoor Championships |Belgrade, Serbia |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |4 × 400 m relay |3:06.90 |- |World Championships |Eugene, United States |9th (h) |4 × 400 m relay |3:03.14 |- |2023 |World Championships |Budapest, Hungary |6th |4 × 400 m relay |3:00.40 |- |rowspan=2|2024 |World Indoor Championships |Glasgow, United Kingdom |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |4 × 400 m relay |3:04.25 |- |European Championships |Rome, Italy |9th (h) |4 × 400 m relay |3:03.50 |- |2025 |World Championships |Tokyo, Japan |8th |4 × 400 m relay |3:04.84 |}
==Personal bests== <ref name="all-athletics">{{cite web|url=http://www.all-athletics.com/node/27421|title=Profile of Terrence AGARD|website=All-Athletics.com|accessdate=11 September 2017}}</ref> '''Outdoor''' *200 metres – 20.78 (-0.2 m/s, St-Martin 2015) *400 metres – 45.61 (La Chaux-de-Fonds 2019) '''Indoor''' *400 metres – 46.77 (Apeldoorn 2015)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{European Athletics|14180980}} * {{InterSportStats}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com|terrence-agard}} * {{TeamNL|terrence-agard|old_id=5201-terrence-agard}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20240923005222/https://www.atletiek.nl/atleten/terrence-agard/ Terrence Agard] at Atletiek.nl (archived) {{in lang|nl}} * {{Instagram}}
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