Nicholas Newman (athlete)

Nicholas Ian Newman is a Paralympian athlete from Bloemfontein, South Africa primarily competing in the category F36 javelin events.

Four years later in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China he finished third, awarded a bronze medal, whilst attempting to defend his title in the F36/38 javelin event.

[1] In 2015, he competed in the ITU World Paratriathlon Event held in Buffalo City, South Africa in which he finished 12th.

In 2017, Newman placed second to Ryan Jarrett Willers, the sole other athlete in the PTS5 Men category.

[6] On the 21st of November 2021, Newman completed a full Ironman 140.6 African champs in Nelson Mandela Bay (in Port Elizabeth, South Africa) in 13 hours, 39 minutes, and 49 seconds, thereby placing 595th overall, 101st in his division, and 493rd out of all males.

Nicholas Newman in May, 2019.