Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
Aikines-Aryeetey at the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games in 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname(s) | Harry A-A Nitro |
| Born | 29 August 1988 Carshalton, London, England |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprinting |
| Club | Sutton and District Athletics Club |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 100 m: 10.00 200 m: 20.46 |
Medal record | |
Harry Leslie Aikines-Aryeetey (born 29 August 1988) is an English former Commonwealth sprinter and television personality, known for appearing as "Nitro" in the BBC sports endurance competition series Gladiators. He has also taken part in BBC Radio 5's sports quiz Fighting Talk.
In 2005, he was named as the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year and the IAAF's Rising Star of the Year after becoming the first athlete to win gold medals at both 100 metres and 200 metres at the World Youth Championships.
An Olympian for Great Britain at the Rio Olympics, Aikines-Aryeetey won his first senior individual medal, a bronze, in the 100 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships. At the same championships he earned his first senior title as part of the Great Britain team that won gold in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay. Thereafter, Aikines-Aryeetey won relay gold twice more at European level, and twice at the Commonwealth Games representing England.