Nigel Levine

Nigel Levine
	Nigel Levine at the 2013 European Indoor Championships
Personal information
Born	30 April 1989 (age 35); Rushden, Northamptonshire
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
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
European Championships
World Indoor Championships
European Indoor Championships

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.

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

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
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
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	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
	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	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
	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.46
	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	1st	400m	46.10
	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	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
	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	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
	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.78
	European Team Championships	Gateshead, UK	2nd	400m	45.88

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

[1] "Nigel Levine". teamgb.com. British Olympic Association. Retrieved 21 January 2014.

[2] Sports-Reference profile

[3] "Nigel Levine: European indoor gold medallist banned for failing drugs test". BBC News. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

[4] "James Ellington & Nigel Levine 'conscious and stable' after crash". BBC Sport. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.

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