Levi Asher Cadogan (born 8 November 1995) is retired Barbadian athlete who specialised in the sprinting events. [1] He won the silver medal at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games and finished fourth at the 2014 World Junior Championships.
Cadogan served a 20 month competition ban from 2017 to 2019 for violating anti-doping regulations after been found to have unintentionally ingested furosemide. [2] [3]
| Event | Result | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoor | |||
| 100 metres | 10.06(wind: +1.7 m/s) |  Saint Michael | 20 June 2017 |
| 200 metres | 20.45(wind: +0.0 m/s) | Bridgetown | 27 June 2016 |
| Indoor | |||
| 60 metres | 6.62 |  Karlsruhe | 6 February 2016 |
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