Nigel Levine at the 2013 European Indoor Championships
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Personal information | |
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Born |
San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago |
30 April 1989
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) |
400 metres 4 × 400m Relay |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) |
400 metres 45.11 (Oslo 2012) 100 metres 10.38 (Mesa, AZ 2012) 200 metres 20.93i Birmingham 2012) |
Medal record
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400 metres 45.11 (Oslo 2012) 100 metres 10.38 (Mesa, AZ 2012)
Nigel Levine (born 30 April 1989) is a British sprint athlete. As well as an impressive sprint talent, Levine made a big impact in his first ever 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 he took the coveted 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. Also he is the fastest man ever to come out of Rushden.
On 17 January 2017, Levine was injured in a road accident alongside fellow sprinter James Ellington: "the pair were riding on motorbikes when they were involved in a crash with a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction". 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".