Nijel Amos

Nijel Amos

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 WU20R NR (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 a backdated three-year doping ban, which would end on 11 July 2025.^[2]