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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.