Adele Nicoll Profile

Adele Nicoll is congratulated by her mum

Shot-Putter Adele Nicoll is Cardiff Met student with a big future. She narrowly missed out on a place in the Wales’ Commonwealth Games team, but the national u23 record holder and World Youth finalist has her eyes on the 2020 Olympics. Nicoll recently picked up a dominant shot put victory with 14.57m, to win the British Universities and Colleges Sport Indoor Championships in Sheffield – adding to her impressive medal haul and finishing comfortably ahead of Sam Milner.

Shot-Putter Adele Nicoll is a Cardiff Met student with a big future.

She narrowly missed out on a place in the Wales’ Commonwealth Games team, but the national u23 record holder and World Youth finalist has her eyes on the 2020 Olympics.

Nicoll recently picked up a dominant shot put victory with 14.57m, to win the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Indoor Championships in Sheffield – adding to her impressive medal haul and finishing comfortably ahead of Sam Milner.

Here, she tells Cardiff Met TV how she got into athletics.

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Adele Nicoll

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