Nicholas Hum

Started: He began the sport in 2010. (paralympic.org.au, 2012) Reason: He first competed at an inter-school competition. He was then invited to train with the sprinting squad at Glenhuntly Athletics Club in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, where he tried long jump. (Athlete, 17 Jan 2011) Ambition: To compete at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. (athleticssa.com.au, 05 Mar 2024) Additional Info: OCCUPATION He runs a business called Peninsula Joinery Specialists. "I find cabinet making really easy compared to long jump training. Training is never-ending; you never think you are the best so it's never done - it's not like that with long jump. With cabinet making, you finish a job and you walk away - it's done. My biography is on my website. Some of my clients read it but some of them don't. The people that do, it's a really good conversation! Sometimes they will be like, 'Nick, you are a Paralympian?' And I will say 'Yeah, I'm already halfway through your cabinetry'. They think it's awesome. I liked woodwork at school, I did that nearly the whole time I was there. It carried over into doing other joinery when I left school." (athletics.com.au, 16 May 2024) BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIP He gave up the chance to compete in athletics at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London by taking a basketball scholarship at the Victorian Institute of Sport [VIS] in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. "I've always wanted to get into the VIS. It's pretty unreal." (knox-leader.whereilive.com.au, 09 Aug 2012)

Sporting Relatives: His father represented the Australian state of Victoria in track athletics. (athletics.com.au, 2017)