{{Short description|British sprinter (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Use British English|date=November 2012}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = Nigel Levine 2013.jpg | image_size = 130px | caption = Nigel Levine at the 2013 European Indoor Championships | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|4|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Rushden, Northamptonshire, England | height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Nigel Levine|url=http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/nigel-levine|work=teamgb.com|publisher=British Olympic Association|access-date=21 January 2014}}</ref> | weight = {{cvt|68|kg}} | sport = Athletics | club = Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow AC | event = 400 metres<br>4 × 400 m Relay | pb = '''400 metres''' 45.11 (Oslo 2012) '''100 metres''' 10.38 (Mesa, AZ 2012) '''200 metres''' 20.93i Birmingham 2012) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Competition|European Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2014 Zürich|4 × 400 m relay}} {{Medal|Silver|2012 Helsinki|4 × 400 m relay}} {{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2012 Istanbul|4 × 400 m relay}} {{Medal|Silver| 2014 Sopot |4 × 400 m relay}} {{Medal|Bronze|2010 Doha|4 × 400 m relay}} {{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2013 Gothenburg|4 × 400 m relay}} {{Medal|Silver|2009 Turin|4 × 400 m relay}} {{Medal|Silver|2011 Paris|4 × 400 m relay}} {{Medal|Silver|2013 Gothenburg|400 m}} }} '''Nigel Levine''' (born 30 April 1989<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040425/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/nigel-levine-1.html Sports-Reference profile]</ref>) 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.<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=18 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=18 July 2025}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nigel Levine: European indoor gold medallist banned for failing drugs test |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/46273307 |access-date=20 November 2018 |agency=BBC News |date=20 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/20/nigel-levine-banned-four-years-doping-great-britain-sprinter |title=Great Britain sprinter Nigel Levine given four-year doping ban |date=20 November 2018 |first=Sean |last=Ingle |work=The Guardian}}</ref>
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".<ref>{{cite web|title=James Ellington & Nigel Levine 'conscious and stable' after crash|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/38663811|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=18 January 2017|date=18 January 2017}}</ref>
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} |- |2007 |European Junior Championships |Hengelo, Netherlands |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |4 × 400 m relay |3:08.21 |- |rowspan=2|2008 |rowspan=2|World Junior Championships |rowspan=2|Bydgoszcz, Poland |9th (sf) |400 m |47.14 |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 × 400 m relay |3:05.82 |- |rowspan=3|2009 |European Indoor Championships |Turin, Italy |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |4 × 400 m relay |3:07.04 |- |rowspan=2|European U23 Championships |rowspan=2|Kaunas, Lithuania |bgcolor=silver|2nd |400 m |45.78 |- |6th |4 × 400 m relay |3:06.18 |- |2010 |World Indoor Championships |Doha, Qatar |bgcolor="cc9966" |3rd |4 × 400 m relay |3:07.52 |- |rowspan=5|2011 |rowspan=2|European Indoor Championships |rowspan=2|Paris, France |4th (sf) |400 m |47.17 |- |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |4 × 400 m relay |3:06.46 |- |rowspan=2|European U23 Championships |rowspan=2|Ostrava, Czech Republic |bgcolor=gold|1st |400 m |46.10 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 400 m relay |3:03.53 |- |World Championships |Daegu, South Korea |7th |4 × 400 m relay |3:01.16 |- |rowspan=3|2012 |rowspan=2|World Indoor Championships |rowspan=2|Istanbul, Turkey |6th (sf) |400 m |46.46 |- |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |4 × 400 m relay |3:04.72 |- |European Championships |Helsinki, Finland |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |4 × 400 m relay |3:01.56 |- |rowspan=3|2013 |rowspan=2|European Indoor Championships |rowspan=2|Gothenburg, Sweden |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |400 m |46.21 |- |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |4 × 400 m relay |3:05.78 |- |European Team Championships |Gateshead, UK |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |400 m |45.88 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{World Athletics}}
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