Nigel Levine
Nigel Levine at the 2013 European Indoor Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1989-04-30) 30 April 1989 (age 35) Rushden, Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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
- Nigel Levine at World Athletics
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- 2000: Czech Republic (Mužík, Poděbradský, Tesařík, Bláha)
- 2002: Poland (Plawgo, Rysiukiewicz, Gąsiewski, Maćkowiak)
- 2005: France (Maunier, Wallard, Panel, Raquil)
- 2007: Great Britain (Garland, Tobin, Taylor, Green)
- 2009: Italy (Marin, Galvan, Rao, Licciardello)
- 2011: France (Macedot, Djhone, Hanne, Décimus)
- 2013: Great Britain (Levine, Bingham, Strachan, Buck)
- 2015: Belgium (Watrin, D. Borlée, J. Borlée, K. Borlée)
- 2017: Poland (Kozłowski, Krawczuk, Waściński, Omelko)
- 2019: Belgium (Watrin, J. Borlée, D. Borlée, K. Borlée)
- 2021: Netherlands (Dobber, Bonevacia, Angela, van Diepen)
- 2023: Belgium (Watrin, Doom, D. Borlée, K. Borlée)