Nicholas "Nick" Mark A'Hern (born 6 January 1969 in

Swansea Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe). The city is the twenty-fifth largest in ...

, Wales) is a retired

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race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...

, who won gold medals at the

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in both Victoria (1994) and Kuala Lumpur (1998). He represented his country at three

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

(1992, 1996 and 2000) and also raced at five editions of the

World Championships in Athletics The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations). Alongside the Ol ...

(1991–1999). His best placing on the global stage was fourth in the 20 kilometres race walk at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. On 14 July 2000, A'Hern was awarded the

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for his achievements.

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1969 births Living people Australian male racewalkers Sportspeople from Swansea Olympic athletes of Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal Australian Institute of Sport track and field athletes Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub