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 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).

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