Terrence Agard
![]() Terrence Agard in 2016 | ||||||||||||||
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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(s) | 400 metres | |||||||||||||
Club | Haag Atletiek | |||||||||||||
Coached by | Rana Reider[1] | |||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||
Highest world ranking | 48 (400m) 1140 (Overall) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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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[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing the ![]() | |||||
2006 | CARIFTA Games (U17) | Les Abymes, Guadeloupe | 10th (h) | 800 m | 2:06.81 |
12th (h) | 1500 m | 4:44.04 | |||
2007 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands | 10th (h) | 400 m | 50.05 |
9th | 800 m | 2:07.88 | |||
World Youth Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 38th (h) | 400 m | 49.99 | |
2008 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10th (h) | 400 m | 48.57 |
6th | 800 m | 1:56.07 | |||
NACAC U23 Championships | Toluca, Mexico | 17th (h) | 200 m | 22.90 | |
2009 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia | 5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.16 |
5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:17.46 | |||
Central American and Caribbean Champions | Havana, Cuba | 8th | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.44 | |
Pan American Junior Championships | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 13th (h) | 400 m | 48.31 | |
2010 | South American Games | Medellín, Colombia | 4th | 400 m | 47.47 |
Representing the ![]() | |||||
2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 11th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.93 |
2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 19th (h) | 400 m | 47.59 |
IAAF World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | – | 4 × 400 m relay | DNF | |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.52 |
2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | – | 400 m | DNF |
2019 | World Relays | Yokohama, Japan | 5th (B) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.15 |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:57.18 |
Personal bests[]
[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[]
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Dutch male sprinters
- Dutch Antillean male sprinters
- People 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 of the Netherlands
- Dutch athletics biography stubs