Nicholas "Nick" Mayhugh (born February 27, 1996) is an American T37 and

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Paralympic sprint runner and soccer player. He represented the United States at the

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Soccer

Mayhugh played

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from 2015 to 2018. He also played for the

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where he helped team USA win a bronze medal at the

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in the

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, their first ever medal in the event at the

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. He finished second in the tournament with eight goals in six games. He was subsequently named U.S. Soccer Player of the Year with a Disability in 2019.

Para-athletics

Mayhugh represented the United States in the men's 100 metres T37 event at the

where he set a world record with a time of 10.95 and won a gold medal. He competed in the men's 400 metres T37 event and won a silver medal. He also competed in the mixed 4 × 100 metres relay event and won a gold medal.

References

External links

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Nick Mayhugh at the IPC Tokyo 2020 website

Nick Mayhugh
at the

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* * 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Fairfax, Virginia American male sprinters American men's soccer players Radford Highlanders men's soccer players Paralympic track and field athletes for the United States Paralympic gold medalists for the United States Paralympic silver medalists for the United States Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games Men's association football players not categorized by position 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-Paralympic-medalist-stub