Nick Smidt


Nick Smidt is a Dutch athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. He won a silver medal at the 2019 European U23 Championships.
His personal best in the event is 48.36 seconds set in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 2023. This broke a 44-year old Dutch national record set by Harry Schulting in Mexico City in 1979. In August 2024, he precisely matched his national record time in Borås, Sweden.

Personal bests

Information from his World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.
EventLocationDateRecord
400 metres46.50Breda, Netherlands28 July 2023
indoor 400 metres46.17Apeldoorn, Netherlands22 February 2025
300 metres hurdles34.38Bergen, Norway3 June 2025
400 metres hurdles48.36La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland2 July 2023
4 x 400 metres relay3:01.32Guangdong, China11 May 2025
indoor 4 × 400 m relay3:04.95Apeldoorn, Netherlands9 March 2025
indoor 4 × 400 m mixed3:15.63Apeldoorn, Netherlands6 March 2025