Nigel Levine

Nigel Levine
Nigel Levine at the 2013 European Indoor Championships
Personal information
Born (1989-04-30) 30 April 1989
Rushden, Northamptonshire, England
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)400 metres
4 × 400 m Relay
ClubWindsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow AC
Achievements and titles
Personal best400 metres 45.11 (Oslo 2012)

100 metres 10.38 (Mesa, AZ 2012)

200 metres 20.93i Birmingham 2012)
Medal record
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Zürich 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2012 Helsinki 4 × 400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Istanbul 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sopot 4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Doha 4 × 400 m relay
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Gothenburg 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2009 Turin 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2011 Paris 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2013 Gothenburg 400 m

Nigel Levine (born 30 April 1989[2]) is a retired British sprint track and field athlete.

Biography

Levine made a significant impact in his first season over 400 m 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.

Additionally in 2013, Levine became the British 400 metres champion after winning the 2013 British Athletics Championships.[3][4]

Levine served a four-year ban from ran from December 2017 to December 2021 for an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for clenbuterol.[5][6]

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".[7]

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) 400 m 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 400 m 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 400 m 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) 400 m 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 400 m 46.21
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:05.78
European Team Championships Gateshead, UK 2nd 400 m 45.88

References

  1. ^ "Nigel Levine". teamgb.com. British Olympic Association. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  2. ^ Sports-Reference profile
  3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  4. ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Nigel Levine: European indoor gold medallist banned for failing drugs test". BBC News. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  6. ^ Ingle, Sean (20 November 2018). "Great Britain sprinter Nigel Levine given four-year doping ban". The Guardian.
  7. ^ "James Ellington & Nigel Levine 'conscious and stable' after crash". BBC Sport. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
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