Amos at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London
Personal information
Born
(1994-03-15) 15 March 1994 (age 30) Marobela, Botswana
Height
1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight
65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country
Botswana
Sport
Athletics
Event
800 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
400 m: 44.99 (Padua 2019)
800 m: 1:41.73 WU20RNR (London 2012)
1500 m: 3:44.04 (Irvine 2021)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Botswana
Olympic Games
2012 London
800 m
Diamond League
2014
800 m
2015
800 m
2017
800 m
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow
800 m
All-Africa Games
2015 Brazzaville
800 m
African Championships
2014 Marrakech
800 m
2014 Marrakech
4x400 m relay
2016 Durban
800 m
2018 Asaba
800 m
Universiade
2013 Kazan
800 m
World Junior Championships
2012 Barcelona
800 m
African Junior Championships
2011 Gaborone
800 m
Commonwealth Youth Games
2011 Douglas
800 m
Representing Africa
Continental Cup
2014 Marrakech
800 m
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 backdated three-year doping ban which would end on 11 July 2025.[2]
^"Nijel AMOS – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
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Nijel Carlos Amilfitano Amos (born 15 March 1994) is a Botswana middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. He won the silver medal at the 2012...
World Junior Championships in Athletics in Barcelona, finishing second to NijelAmos, before going on to win the bronze medal in the men's 800m race at the...
Olympics. Botswana won its inaugural medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with NijelAmos getting a silver in the 800m. The men's 4 x 400 relay team won a bronze...
He continued to pull away until the final straight, where second place NijelAmos was able to slightly gain some ground as Rudisha strained. But the gap...
In July 2022, the 2012 800 m Olympic silver medalist from Botswana, NijelAmos tested positive for GW501516 and was provisionally suspended just days...
championships. Botswana won the country's first Olympic medal in 2012 when runner NijelAmos won silver in the 800 metres. In 2011, Amantle Montsho became world champion...
October 2017. Beaumont, Mark (4 February 2014). "Queen's Baton Relay: NijelAmos, building on Olympic success". BBC News. Archived from the original on...
David Rudisha placed first in the world record time of 1:40.91., with NijelAmos of Botswana second, Timothy Kitum of Kenya third, and Symmonds' teammate...
works of NijelAmos winning a silver medal in the men's 800 m race, the first Olympic medal for his country. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Amos won the...
Botswana left London with its first ever Olympic medal, when track runner NijelAmos finished second in the men's 800 metres. Three track and field athletes...
demonstrated phenomenal finishing speed by overtaking Botswanan runner NijelAmos in the last 30 meters, who had attempted the race at world record pace...
Sebastian Rodger Great Britain 10 September 2016 Newcastle 5 Road 59.26 NijelAmos Botswana 9 September 2017 Newcastle 6 Road 59.30 Jack Green Great Britain...
2022, his time still stands as the UK record and puts him in a tie with NijelAmos for third-fastest man ever at the distance. A month afterwards he set...
Olympic gold medalist Jakob Ingebrigtsen, as well as the unexpected fall of NijelAmos in the men's 800 m. The final day was noted for Catriona Bisset's Australian...
Sudan Alfred Kirwa Yego Kenya 2012 London details David Rudisha Kenya NijelAmos Botswana Timothy Kitum Kenya 2016 Rio de Janeiro details David Rudisha...
Internet.: xliii 9 August – Botswana wins its first Olympic medal when NijelAmos wins a silver in the men's 800 metres.: xliii 9 August – The Diamond...
the team were freestyle swimmer Naomi Ruele, and middle-distance runner NijelAmos, who built a historic milestone as the nation's first ever Olympic medalist...
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