1. Nikki Hiltz is an American middle-distance runner specializing in the 1500 meters and mile.
25 Facts About Nikki Hiltz
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Nikki Hiltz won a silver medal at the 2024 World Indoor Championships.
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Nikki Hiltz competed collegiately for the Oregon Ducks and Arkansas Razorbacks.
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At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Nikki Hiltz finished seventh in the Women's 1500 meter final.
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At Aptos High School, Nikki Hiltz won 6 California Interscholastic Federation Central Coast Section titles.
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Nikki Hiltz began a college career at Oregon in 2014 before transferring to Arkansas in 2016.
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At the 2015 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships Nikki Hiltz finished in 8th place with a time of 4:38.47 in the mile for the Oregon Ducks.
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Nikki Hiltz placed 6th in the mile, finishing with a time of 4:34.57 at the 2017 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.
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In 2018, Nikki Hiltz earned First Team NCAA Division I All-America honors in the 1500m Outdoors at the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships for the Arkansas Razorbacks.
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Nikki Hiltz placed 3rd in the mile at the 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.
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In 2018, Nikki Hiltz signed with Adidas and trained with The Mission Athletics Club, now known as The Golden Coast Track Club based in California after running a 1500 m time ranked in the top 100 in the world.
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Nikki Hiltz ranked 92nd in the world in the 1500 m with a personal best of 4:09.14.
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Later that year, Nikki Hiltz won the 800 m at the 2019 Bryan Clay Invitational, won the 1500 m at the 2019 USATF Distance Classic, runner-up in the 1500 m at 2019 Portland Track Festival, won the 800 m at the 2019 Adrian Martinez Classic, won the 1500 m at the 2019 Sunset Tour.
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Nikki Hiltz ranked 19th in the world in the 1500 m with a personal best of 4:01.52 in the semi-finals of the 2019 World Athletics Championships.
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Nikki Hiltz ran the mile at the Millrose Games in 4:24.45, splitting a 1500 m time of 4:07.09 and placing 5th with an indoor personal best.
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In New York, Nikki Hiltz competed in the 1500 m at New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.
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On September 11, Nikki Hiltz finished second in the 2022 the Fifth Avenue Mile in 4:17.4 behind winner Laura Muir.
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Nikki Hiltz won their first outdoor USATF Outdoor National Championship title in the 1500 in 4:03.10, moving from 3rd to 1st in the last 300m.
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On July 21,2023, Nikki Hiltz finished 6th in the mile at the Monaco Diamond League in a time of 4:16.35, a personal best, North American Area Record and an American Record.
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Nikki Hiltz was joined on the podium by fellow American Emily Mackay who took bronze.
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At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Nikki Hiltz finished third in both their preliminary heat and semifinal heat, qualifying for the final.
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In October 2024, it was announced that Nikki Hiltz had signed up for the inaugural season of the Michael Johnson founded Grand Slam Track.
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At the first Grand Slam Track in Kingston, Jamaica, Nikki Hiltz won the 800 m race with a personal best of 1:58.23.
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In 2020, Nikki Hiltz founded Pride 5k, an annual charity race that has raised over $172,000 for The Trevor Project, a non-profit organization focused on suicide prevention efforts among LGBTQ youth.
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Since 2020, Nikki Hiltz has been in a relationship with Emma Gee, the first openly LGBT student-athlete to compete for Brigham Young University.