Nick Symmonds

Nicholas "Nick" Symmonds (born December 30, 1983) is an American middle-distance track athlete from Boise, Idaho, specializing in the 800 meters and 1500 meters distances. He is also the part owner of a tanning salon. In college at Willamette University he won seven NCAA Division III titles in outdoor track. In 2007, he won the 800 m race at the Prefontaine Classic. On June 30, 2008, Symmonds won the 800 m run at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, in 1:44.10 and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics team. Symmonds won his Round 1 - Heat 4 race with 1:46:01, but failed to qualify in the semifinals run on 21 August 2008: he placed 5th at 1:46:96. Symmonds was born on December 30, 1983, in Boise, Idaho, where his father Jeffrey...