Niclas Baker
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Nationality | British (English) | |||||
Born | 9 September 1994 London, England | |||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||
Event | 400m | |||||
Club | Crawley AC | |||||
Medal record
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Niclas James Baker (born 9 September 1994) is a British athlete who competes in the sprints, predominantly the 400 metres.
Biography
[edit]His current athletics club is Piotr Spas in Tooting. Baker won silver in the 400m at the British Championships in 2020, missing out on gold by less than 2 tenths of a second to Alex Knibbs.[1]
On 26 June 2021, Baker went one better than his result in the previous year by winning the 400m title at the 2021 British Athletics Championships.[2][3][4] Three days later, he was named in the sprinter pool for the 4 x 400 metres relay at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "How Alex Knibbs achieved one-lap heaven". AW. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ "British Athletics Results". results.britishathletics.org.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Laura Muir picked for 800m-1500m double". BBC Sport. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
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[edit]Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- British male sprinters
- English male sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- British Athletics Championships winners
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes from the London Borough of Waltham Forest
- Black British sportsmen
- 21st-century Black British people
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- English sprinter stubs