Nick Willis
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Ko Nicholas Ian Willis MNZM (i whanau i te 25 o Paenga-whāwhā 1983) he tangata omaoma tawhiti waenga-waenga o Aotearoa, ko ia anake te motu e rua nga wa i whiwhi mētara Olympic i te 1500 mita. I toa ia i te mētara hiriwa i te 2008 Olympics i Beijing, me te parahi i te 2016 Olympics i Rio De Janeiro. Ko etahi atu o ana whakatutukitanga i runga i taua tawhiti ko te rekooti a motu me Oceania (3:29.66), me nga mētara mai i nga whakataetae Commonwealth e toru (he koura i te tau 2006, he parahi i te tau 2010 me 2014).[1]
Te ora moata
[takatā | takatā pūtake]I whanau a Willis i Te Awakairangi, i tipu ake ia i Te Awakairangi, i Aotearoa, i reira i haere ia ki te Kura Tuarua o Hutt Valley, a na Don Dalgliesh[2] i whakangungua i mua i tana haerenga ki te Whare Wananga o he mema o Lower Hutt Amateur Athletics Club. A Michigan i Amerika mo te karahipi hakinakina. Ko tana teina, ko Steve Willis, he kaipara hoki, a ko raua anake nga teina i roto i te hitori o Aotearoa i whati e rua meneti 4:00 mo te maero.
I te tau 2000 i toa a Willis i te 800m me te 1500m takirua i te whakataetae mo nga kura tuarua o Aotearoa. I te 20 o Hanuere, 2001, ko Willis te tauira tere rawa o te kura tuarua o Aotearoa mo te maero, me te wa 4 min 1.33 s.
Mētara
[takatā | takatā pūtake]Mētara o te ao
[takatā | takatā pūtake]| Toa toa | Takahanga | Whakatakoto | Hua |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Games 2006 | 1500m | 1st | 3:38,49 s |
| Olympic Games 2008 | 1500m | 2nd | 3:34,16 |
| Commonwealth Games 2010 | 1500m | 3rd | 3:42,38 s |
| Commonwealth Games 2014 | 1500m | 3rd | 3:39,60 s |
| World Indoor Championships 2016 | 1500m | 3rd | 3:44,37 |
| Olympic Games 2016 | 1500m | 3rd | 3:50,42 s |
Mētara motu
[takatā | takatā pūtake]| Toa toa | Takahanga | Whakatakoto | Hua |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aotearoa Championships 2010 | 3000m | 1st | 8:15,12 |
| Aotearoa Championships 2011 | 5000m | 1st | 14:34,32 s |
| Aotearoa Championships 2012 | 5000m | 1st | 13:54,29 s |
| Aotearoa Championships 2013 | 3000m | 1st | 7:57,63 s |
| Aotearoa Championships 2015 | 1500m | 1st | 3:50,90 s |
| Aotearoa Championships 2016 | 3000m | 1st | 8:00,09 s |
| Aotearoa Championships 2020 | 1500m | 1st | 3:42,94 s |
Tohutoro
[takatā | takatā pūtake]- ↑ "Learning quickly, Key to Willis' success". High Performance Sport New Zealand. Adrian Blincou.
- ↑ "Athletics: Celebrity tracks speedster". NZ Herald. Terry Maddaford. Retrieved 6 June 2026.