Nicholas Percy

Nicholas Percy (born 5 December 1994) is a Scottish athlete specialising in the discus throw. He has competed at multiple major Championships, including the 2024 Olympic Games.

Biography Born in Glasgow, he later became based on the Isle of Wight. He won a silver medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships in Rieti, Italy, with a discus throw of 62.04 metres. He won the NCAA Championships in 2016. That year, he won his first British Athletics Championships title. He retained his title the following year and subsequently, Percy represented Great Britain at the 2017 World Championships without reaching the final. In 2022, he also represented Great Britain at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and the 2022 European Athletics Championships.

After winning the discus silver medal at the 2024 British Athletics Championships, Percy was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics where he failed to qualify for the final.

On 17 April 2025 Percy threw 67:86 at the Oklahoma Throw Series #13; improving his PB by 13 centimetres and breaking his own Scottish national record.

International competitions