{{short description|British sprinter}} {{about||the Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey|Alexander Nelson (British Army officer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Alexander Nelson | image = Alexander Nelson 2007.jpg | imagesize = 150px | caption = Nelson at the 200 metres race at the London Grand Prix 2007. | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = Sprints | club = Cambridge & Coleridge AC | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|03|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Stoke-on-Trent, England | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb = '''100&nbsp;m''': 10.31&nbsp;s (Mannheim 2005)<br> '''200&nbsp;m''': 20.49&nbsp;s (Eton 2008) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Men's Athletics}} {{Medal|Country | {{GRB}} }} {{Medal|Competition|World Junior Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze | 2006 Beijing | 200&nbsp;m }} {{Medal|Competition|World Youth Championships}} {{Medal|Silver | 2005 Marrakesh | 100&nbsp;m }} {{Medal|Competition|European Junior Championships}} {{Medal|Gold | 2007 Hengelo | 200&nbsp;m }} }} '''Alexander Lloyd Nelson''' (born 21 March 1988) is a retired sprint athlete who represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland.<ref name="beijing">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080912002530/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/225009.shtml Athlete biography: Alex Nelson], beijing 2008.cn, ret: Sep 01, 2008</ref> His sister Ashleigh is also an international sprinter.

== Biography == During the 2006 Beijing World Junior Championships he picked up two bronze medals, in 200 metres and 4 × 100 metre relay. He has a personal best of 6.78 in 60 metres, 10.31 in 100 metres and 20.49 in 200 metres. Also, in 2005 he came second in the 100 metres World Youth Championships in Athletics in a British one, two, behind Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and third at the European Junior Athletics Championships in Kaunas Lithuania. Two years later he returned to the same competition only this time staged in Hengelo, Holland and was victorious over the 200 m and placed 2nd in the 4 × 100 relay.

In July 2007 he came second behind Marlon Devonish in the men's 200 metres sprint at the 2007 British Athletics Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=17 July 2025}}</ref>

In 2008 Alex achieved the GB "A" Qualifying time for the Olympic Games and placed second at the AAA's Olympic Trials<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=17 July 2025}}</ref> gaining him his first full senior international vest and first appearance at the Olympic Games. However at the 2008 Summer Olympics he did not start in his first round heat over 200 metres due to injury.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/9525088.stm|title = Stoke-on-Trent sprinter Alex Nelson quits athletics|work = bbc}}</ref>

In 2011, Nelson retired from the athletics aged 23, saying a number of injuries has taken away his enjoyment of the sport.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/9525088.stm|title = Stoke-on-Trent sprinter Alex Nelson quits athletics|work = bbc}}</ref>

==Personal life== Nelson is of Jamaican descent through his paternal grandparents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stoke.gov.uk/info/20003/your_council_your_city/546/black_history_month_2023/2|title=Black History Month 2023|website=www.stoke.gov.uk}}</ref> He is the cousin of both reality television contestant Wes Nelson and professional footballer Curtis Nelson.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Meet-Plymouth-athletes-competing-2014/story-21663813-detail/story.html |title=Meet the Plymouth athletes competing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Scotland |date=20 July 2014 |newspaper=The Herald |location=Plymouth |accessdate=25 April 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924094808/http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Meet-Plymouth-athletes-competing-2014/story-21663813-detail/story.html |archivedate=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{World Athletics}}

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