Terrence Agard
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles[1] | 16 April 1990
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] |
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 400 metres |
Club | Haag Atletiek |
Coached by | Rana Reider[1] |
Achievements and titles | |
Highest world ranking | 48 (400m) 1140 (Overall) |
Medal record |
Terrence Agard (born 16 April 1990 in Willemstad) is a Dutch sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.[3] He represented the Netherlands Antilles until the dissolution of that country in 2010.
In September 2015, he had a car crash while riding with fellow sprinters, Churandy Martina and Hensley Paulina, which left Agard with a broken vertebra in his neck.[4] He returned to competition in April 2016.[1]
International competitions
[edit]Personal bests
[edit][5] Outdoor
- 200 metres – 20.78 (-0.2 m/s, St-Martin 2015)
- 400 metres – 45.61 (La Chaux-de-Fonds 2019)
Indoor
- 400 metres – 46.77 (Apeldoorn 2015)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Stouwdam, Henk (28 February 2017). "His doctor never thought he would run again" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ "European Athletics - Athlete: Terrence Agard". european-athletics.org. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ Terrence Agard at World Athletics
- ^ Giustiniano, Paolo (21 September 2015). "NEWS: Churandy Martina and other two Dutch athletes collided with a truck on the highway". Track Arena. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ "Profile of Terrence AGARD". All-Athletics.com. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
External links
[edit]- Terrence Agard at Olympedia (archive)
- Terrence Agard at Olympics.com
- Terrence Agard at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
- Terrence Agard at Atletiek.nl (in Dutch)
- Terrence Agard on Instagram
Categories:
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Dutch male sprinters
- Dutch Antillean male sprinters
- Sportspeople from Willemstad
- Dutch people of Curaçao descent
- Dutch Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic athletes for the Netherlands
- European Games competitors for the Netherlands
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen
- Dutch athletics biography stubs