Nijel Amos

Nijel Amos
Personal information
Born (1994-03-15) 15 March 1994
Marobela, Botswana
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
CountryBotswana
SportAthletics
Event
800 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
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 Marrakesh 800 m
2014 Marrakesh 4×400 m
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 Marrakesh 800 m
2018 Ostrava 800 m

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 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 800m; his mark is also the world U20 record. He is a three-time Diamond League 800m 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.