Nigel Levine (born 30 April 1989[2]) is a retired British sprint track and field athlete. Levine made a significant impact in his first 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 also won the European U23 crown as well as being part of the GB 4 × 400 m relay squad.
 Nigel Levine at the 2013 European Indoor Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 April 1989 Rushden, Northamptonshire |
| 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 | 400 metres 45.11 (Oslo 2012)
100 metres 10.38 (Mesa, AZ 2012) 200 metres 20.93i Birmingham 2012) |
Medal record | |
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 after testing positive for banned asthma drug clenbuterol.[3]
Accident
editOn 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
