Nichole Denby

Nichole Denby
Personal information
Nationality	United States; Nigeria
Born	10 October 1982; Norman, Oklahoma, United States
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 m hurdles
Women's Athletics
Representing Nigeria
African Championships
	Updated on 27 August 2016.

Nichole Denby (born 10 October 1982) is a US-born Nigerian track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 meters hurdles.[1] She represented the United States at the 2007 World Championships narrowly missing the final.

In 2014, she switched her allegiance to Nigeria, competing for the new nation at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as well as 2014 African Championships where she won her first medal for Nigeria.

She has had personal bests of 12.54 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (Eugene 2008) and 7.93 in the 60 metres hurdles (Boston 2007).

While running for North High School in Riverside, California, she was the 1999 and 2000 CIF California State Meet Champion in the 100 meters hurdles. Her 13.20 win in 2000 set the National High School Record at the time.[2]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the United States
1999	Pan American Junior Championships	Tampa, United States	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.82
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	9th (sf)	100 m hurdles	12.80
Representing Nigeria
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	12th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.54
2014	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	3rd	100 m hurdles	13.27

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2015	Phil Springer (Head-to-head)	Austin, Texas	1st	100 m sprint	Untimed

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