What is Nicholas Bett?
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}} [[File:Nicholas Bett 2015.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Bett in September 2015]] '''Nicholas Kiplagat Bett''' (27 January 1990&nbsp;– 8 August 2018) was a Kenyan [[track and field]] athlete who competed in the [[400 metres hurdles]]. His personal best for the event is 47.79&nbsp;seconds. He was a [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|world champion]] in the event, having won in 2015 and a two-time bronze medallist at the African Championships in Athletics. He was born in Uasin Gishu County, [[Kenya]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6050503-nicholas-kiplagat-bett.htm|title=2018 CWG bio|access-date=26 April 2018|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516172437/https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6050503-nicholas-kiplagat-bett.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Death== Bett was killed in a car crash in [[Nandi Hills, Kenya|Nandi Hills]], Kenya on 8 August 2018, aged 28.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/-Nicholas-Bett-dies-in-Nandi-road-crash/1100-4702938-u5p43tz/index.html|title=Ex-world champion Nicholas Bett dies in Nandi road crash|date=8 August 2018|work=[[Daily Nation]]}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bett, Nicholas}} [[Category:1990 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Road accident deaths]] [[Category:Kenyan athletes]] [[Category:Olympians for Kenya]] [[Category:Sprinters]] [[Category:Hurdlers]] [[Category:Competitors at the 2016 Summer Olympics]] {{Sports-biography-stub}}