Nijel Amos

Nijel Amos
Personal information
Born (1994-03-15) 15 March 1994 (age 30)
Marobela, Botswana
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
CountryBotswana
SportAthletics
Event800 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Botswana
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 800 m
Diamond League
First place 2014 800 m
First place 2015 800 m
First place 2017 800 m
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 800 m
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 800 m
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Marrakech 800 m
Gold medal – first place 2014 Marrakech 4x400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2016 Durban 800 m
Gold medal – first place 2018 Asaba 800 m
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan 800 m
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Barcelona 800 m
African Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Gaborone 800 m
Commonwealth Youth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Douglas 800 m
Representing Africa
Continental Cup
Gold medal – first place 2014 Marrakech 800 m
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Ostrava 800 m

Nijel Carlos Amilfitano Amos (born 15 March 1994)[1] is a Botswana middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. He won the silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics, which was Botswana's first-ever Olympic medal. Amos claimed gold medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2015 All-Africa Games. At the African Championships in Athletics, he took golds in 2014, 2016 and 2018.

He won the gold medal in his specialist event at the 2012 World Under-20 Championships. Amos is the Botswana record holder for the 800 m, his mark is also the world U20 record. He is a three-time Diamond League 800 m winner.

On 12 July 2022, Amos was provisionally suspended from competition for testing positive for metabolite GW1516. On 3 May 2023, it was announced that he had received a backdated three-year doping ban, which would end on 11 July 2025.[2]

  1. ^ "Nijel AMOS – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Doping_ban was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

Nijel Amos

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