Nathan James Douglas (born 4 December 1982) is a retired two-time Olympian and British athlete who specialised in the triple jump. He is an eight-time British champion and two-time European silver medalist.Nathan Douglas. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-11-04.
Biography Douglas won two consecutive British Outdoor Championships claiming gold in the 2004 AAA Championships and the 2005 AAA Championships. His personal best is , set in 2005, the current British Championships record, ranks him third on the Great Britain all-time list. The following year he won a silver medal at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg with a jump of 17.21 metres.
In 2007 he won a silver medal at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham with a jump of 17.47m, the second longest jump in the world at the time. He suffered a major injury in 2007 and, although he managed to compete at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he struggled to find form as the injury had upset his technique.Douglas struggles for technique. BBC Sport (2009-07-10). Retrieved on 2009-07-11. The injury's severity and complications ultimately affected his chances of competing at the 2012 Olympic Games.
Douglas continued to compete taking part in World Championships, European Championships and the Commonwealth Games. Nathan was made team captain in 2016.
He went on to win a record eight British Championships including the 2016 British Athletics Championships and Olympic trials, and the 2018 British Athletics Championships. He won his last 16 years after his first, winning the triple jump at the 2020 British Athletics Championships.
Douglas is the most medalled triple jumper in British Championship history, winning five AAA Championships and winning with 22 medals in total, spanning over an international career of 22 years.
After retiring from competition he became an executive high performance and resilience coach.
International competitions Representing and 2003European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland14th (q)Triple jump15.68 m (+0.9 m/s)2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece13th (q)Triple jump16.84 m2005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain4thTriple jump16.89 mEuropean CupFlorence, Italy5thTriple jump16.54 mWorld ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland15th (q)Triple jump16.53 mWorld Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco6thTriple jump16.81 m2006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia7thTriple jump17.05 mEuropean CupMálaga, Spain4thTriple jump16.62 mEuropean ChampionshipsGöteborg, Sweden 2ndTriple jump17.21 m2007European Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom 2ndTriple jump17.47 m2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China20th (q)Triple jump16.72 m2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany10thTriple jump16.79 m2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain10thTriple jump16.48 mCommonwealth GamesDelhi, India4thTriple jump16.96 m2013European Team ChampionshipsGateshead, United Kingdom3rdTriple jump16.45 m2014Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom11thTriple jump14.56 m2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands15th (q)Triple jump16.33 m2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia5thTriple jump16.35 mWorld CupLondon, United Kingdom6thTriple jump16.24 mEuropean ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany6thTriple jump16.71 m2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom7thTriple jump16.33 m
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