Gunnar Nixon
Nixon at the Hypo-Meeting in 2013
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Born |
January 13, 1993 Weatherford, Oklahoma |
| Residence | Chula Vista, CA |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | Decathlon |
| College team | Arkansas Razorbacks |
| Updated on 14 May 2014. | |
James Gunnar Nixon (born January 13, 1993) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the decathlon. He broke the American high school record for the event in 2011 and was the World Junior Champion in 2012. He won his first national title indoors in 2013 and was runner-up at the 2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. His personal record for the decathlon is 8313 points at the 2013 IAAF World Championships.
Born in Weatherford, Oklahoma, he was the fourth child of Tim and Kerri Nixon. He was raised in Tulsa until he moved to Edmond as a high school sophomore. He attended Edmond Santa Fe High School, where he started taking part in decathlon competitions and broke the national high school record with a score of 8035 points (which brought him the Gatorade Track and Field Athlete of the Year Award in the men's section). He won at the Arcadia Invitational high school competition with a meet record of 7573 points (with junior implements). He entered the individual high jump at the 2012 Summer Youth Olympics and placed sixth in his final. At the 2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships he took the silver medal in the decathlon behind American team mate Kevin Lazas.
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