Nigel Levine
Personal information | |
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Born | Rushden, Northamptonshire | 30 April 1989
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 400 metres 4 × 400m Relay |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 400 metres 45.11 (Oslo 2012)
100 metres 10.38 (Mesa, AZ 2012) 200 metres 20.93i Birmingham 2012) |
Medal record |
Nigel Levine (born 30 April 1989[2]) is a British sprint track and field athlete. As well as an impressive sprint talent, Levine made a big impact in his first ever season over 400m in 2007 recording 46.31 and in 2009 reduced that to 45.78. In 2010 he was part of the bronze medal GB 4 × 400 m team at the world indoor championships in Doha and in 2011 he took the coveted European U23 crown as well as being part of the GB 4 × 400 m relay squad.
In 2013, he won an individual silver medal 2013 European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg in the 400 metres, as well as helping the relay team to a gold medal. On 20 November 2018, Levine was given a four-year ban for breaking anti-doping rules.[3]
Accident[]
On 17 January 2017, Levine was injured in a road accident alongside fellow sprinter James Ellington; the pair "were riding a motorbike when they were struck head on by a car travelling on the wrong side of the road". They were in Tenerife, Spain, undertaking warm-weather training with a group of British sprinters. Both athletes were admitted to hospital and were described on 18 January as "conscious and stable".[4]
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Great Britain | |||||
2007 | European Junior Championships | Hengelo, Netherlands | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:08.21 |
2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 9th (sf) | 400m | 47.14 |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.82 | |||
2009 | European Indoor Championships | Turin, Italy | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:07.04 |
European U23 Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 2nd | 400m | 45.78 | |
6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:06.18 | |||
2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:07.52 |
2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 4th (sf) | 400 m | 47.17 |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:06.46 | |||
European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 1st | 400m | 46.10 | |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.53 | |||
World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.16 | |
2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 6th (sf) | 400m | 46.46 |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.72 | |||
European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.56 | |
2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 2nd | 400m | 46.21 |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.78 | |||
European Team Championships | Gateshead, UK | 2nd | 400m |
References[]
- ^ "Nigel Levine". teamgb.com. British Olympic Association. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ Sports-Reference profile
- ^ "Nigel Levine: European indoor gold medallist banned for failing drugs test". BBC News. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "James Ellington & Nigel Levine 'conscious and stable' after crash". BBC Sport. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
External links[]
- 1989 births
- Living people
- British male sprinters
- English male sprinters
- Olympic male sprinters
- Olympic athletes of Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- European Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- British Athletics Championships winners
- Black British sportspeople
- English people of Trinidad and Tobago descent
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England