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| show medals = yes }} Nicholas Ian Willis MNZM (born 25 April 1983) is a New Zealand middle distance runner. He won the silver medal in the 1500 metres at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing,〔(Willis Earns 1500m Olympic Bronze ) Retrieved: 19 August 2008〕 and is the current New Zealand record holder for the same event with a time of 3:29.66. He was a gold medallist in the 1500 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and a bronze medallist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He was the first athlete from New Zealand to win the 1500 metres at the Commonwealth Games (although Peter Snell and Jack Lovelock both won gold in the Mile at the Empire and Commonwealth Games). ==Early life== Willis was born in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, where he grew up with his brother and sister. He attended Hutt Valley High School and after high school he got an athletic scholarship to the University of Michigan in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://tvnz.co.nz/road-to-athens/nick-willis-425558 )〕 His brother, Steve Willis, is also an athlete, and they are the only brothers in the history of New Zealand to have both broken 4:00 minutes for the mile.〔(Melbourne 2006 XVIII Commonwealth Games – Athletes Biography – Nicholas Willis ). Melbourne2006.com.au. Retrieved on 2012-08-30.〕 For a New Zealand high school student over the mile, Willis became the fastest ever on 20 January 2001, with a time of 4 min 1.33 s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nick Willis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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