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

Swansea Swansea ( ; ) is a coastal City status in the United Kingdom, city and the List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, second-largest city of Wales. It forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area, officially known as the City and County of ...

, Wales) is a retired

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race walker Race walking, or racewalking, 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. Race judges carefully asses ...

, who won gold medals at the

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

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

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(1991–1999). His best placing on the global stage was fourth in the

20 kilometres race walk The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight ...

at the

1996 Atlanta Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. 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 race walkers Sportspeople from Swansea Olympic athletes for 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 athletes for Australia 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 Australian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Australian sportsmen Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub