Nigel Levine (born 30 April 1989Sports-Reference profile) 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.
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.
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".
International competitions Representing 2007European Junior ChampionshipsHengelo, Netherlands 1st4 × 400 m relay3:08.212008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland9th (sf)400 m47.142nd4 × 400 m relay3:05.822009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin, Italy 2nd4 × 400 m relay3:07.04European U23 ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania2nd400 m45.786th4 × 400 m relay3:06.182010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar3rd4 × 400 m relay3:07.522011European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France4th (sf)400 m47.17 2nd4 × 400 m relay3:06.46European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic1st400 m46.101st4 × 400 m relay3:03.53World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea7th4 × 400 m relay3:01.162012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey6th (sf)400 m46.46 2nd4 × 400 m relay3:04.72European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland 2nd4 × 400 m relay3:01.562013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden 2nd400 m46.21 1st4 × 400 m relay3:05.78European Team ChampionshipsGateshead, UK 2nd400 m45.88
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