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Nicola Tuthill
Nicola Tuthill (born 22 December 2003) is an Irish hammer thrower. She is a multiple-time national champion.[1] Early lifeShe is from Kilbrittain, near Bandon, County Cork, where her parents Norman and Collette run a dairy farm. She has an older sister, Olivia. Her father built her a throwing cage and circle on their farm in 2019. She studies biological, biomedical and biomolecular science at University College Dublin.[2][3][4] CareerShe won her first Irish senior hammer title in 2020 with a best of 60.04m, aged just 16 years-old, a new Irish U18 record.[2][4] She qualified for the final at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, finishing in eighth place.[2][4] Competing at her first senior international contortion for Ireland, she finished second in the 2023 European Team Championships in Silesia in Poland, throwing a lifetime best of 67.85m. This placed her second on the Irish senior all-time list behind national record holder Eileen O'Keeffe. She won the Irish under-23 title in Tullamore, Co Offaly, setting a championship record 64.89m.[2] She was the 2023 Athletics Ireland University Athlete of the Year.[4] Competing at the Irish Universities Track and Field Championships in April 2024, Tuthill took victory with a new Irish U23 record throw of 68.65m.[5] She threw a new personal best of 70.32 metres in Banská Bystrica in May 2024.[6][7] She finished ninth in her first major final at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, having thrown a distance of 69.85 to rank seventh best qualifier for the final.[3] In July 2024, she qualified by ranking and competed in the hammer throw at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[8][9] References
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