Nigel Levine (born 30 April 1989) is a British sprint

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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

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, as well as helping the

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to a gold medal. On 20 November 2018, Levine was given a four-year ban for breaking anti-doping rules.

Accident

On 17 January 2017, Levine was injured in a road accident alongside fellow sprinter

James Ellington James Ellington (born 6 September 1985) is a British sprinter, who races in the 100 metres and 200 metres. He has represented his country twice at the Olympic Games (2012, 2016), is a two-time relay gold medallist with Great Britain at the Eur ...

; 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

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, 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".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Levine, Nigel 1989 births Living people British male sprinters English male sprinters Olympic male sprinters Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Indoor Championships winners British Athletics Championships winners Black British sportsmen English sportspeople of Trinidad and Tobago descent Commonwealth Games competitors for England Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games