Nigel Levine

Nigel Levine

Nigel Levine at the 2013 European Indoor Championships
Personal information
Born	(1989-04-30) 30 April 1989 (age 36) Rushden, Northamptonshire, England
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 metres 4 × 400 m Relay
Club	Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow AC
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 2014 Zürich 4 × 400 m relay 2012 Helsinki 4 × 400 m relay World Indoor Championships 2012 Istanbul 4 × 400 m relay 2014 Sopot 4 × 400 m relay 2010 Doha 4 × 400 m relay European Indoor Championships 2013 Gothenburg 4 × 400 m relay 2009 Turin 4 × 400 m relay 2011 Paris 4 × 400 m relay 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.

External links

• Nigel Levine at World Athletics