Nicholas Neckles

{{short description|Barbadian swimmer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox swimmer|

| name=Nick Neckles

| image=

| imagesize=120px

| caption =

| fullname = Nicholas Alfred Neckles

| nicknames =

| nationality = {{BAR}}

| strokes = Backstroke

| club =

| collegeteam = University of Stirling (Scotland)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|11|24}}

| birth_place = Bridgetown, Barbados

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}

| weight =

| medaltemplates=

{{MedalCompetition|Central American & Caribbean Games}}

{{MedalGold|2006 Cartagena|50 Backstroke}}

{{MedalGold|2006 Cartagena|100 Backstroke}}

{{MedalGold|2006 Cartagena|200 Backstroke}}

{{MedalSilver|2010 Mayagüez|100 Backstroke}}

}}

Nicholas ("Nick") Alfred Neckles (born 24 November 1978 in Bridgetown, Barbados)[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025045/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/nicky-neckles-1.html Neckles' entry] from www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-06-25. is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Barbados. He swam for Barbados at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympics. Heckles also competed at the 1999, 2003 and 2007 Pan American Games

As of April 2009, he holds the Barbadian Record in the 50, 100 and 200 backstroke.

He also competed/attended college at Scotland's University of Stirling.[http://www.externalrelations.stir.ac.uk/news/news_archive/april_2004/Aprilarchive.php Stirling Swimmers Head for Olympic Trials], University of Stirling; published 2004-04-05; retrieved 2009-06-25.

At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, he set the Games Records in the 200 backstroke (2:00.85), bettering the 2:01.53 swum by Cuba's Neisser Bent at the 1998 Games in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Neckles time also set the Barbadian Record.