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Harry Aikines-Aryeetey

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Harry Aikines-Aryeetey

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.

Infobox

Nickname(s)
Harry A-ANitro
Born
(1988-08-29) 29 August 1988 (age 37)Carshalton, London, England
Height
1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight
85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Athletics
Event
Sprinting
Club
Sutton and District Athletics Club
Personal best(s)
100 m: 10.00 200 m: 20.46

Tables

· Personal bests
60 metres
60 metres
Event
60 metres
Best
6.55 s
Location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Date
13 February 2010
100 metres
100 metres
Event
100 metres
Best
10.08 s
Location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Date
13 July 2013
200 metres
200 metres
Event
200 metres
Best
20.46 s
Location
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Date
3 July 2011
Event
Best
Location
Date
60 metres
6.55 s
Birmingham, United Kingdom
13 February 2010
100 metres
10.08 s
Birmingham, United Kingdom
13 July 2013
200 metres
20.46 s
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
3 July 2011

References

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    https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/harry-aikines-aryeetey
  2. gc2018.thecgf.com
    https://web.archive.org/web/20190902133405/https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6032437-harry-aikines-aryeetey.htm
  3. "Harry Aikines-Aryeetey – Athletics Podium"
    https://athleticspodium.com/athlete/8977/harry-aikines-aryeetey
  4. Historic Double for Harry Aikines Aryeetey highlight of last day of the IAAF/Maroc Telecom World Youth Championships. IA
    https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/historic-double-for-harry-aikines-aryeetey-hi
  5. BBC News
    https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/4697415.stm
  6. Your Local Guardian
    https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/sport/other_sport/16418096.carshaltons-harry-aikines-aryeety-helps-great-britain-win-gold/
  7. Greenshaw High School
    https://www.greenshaw.co.uk/news-events/news/latest-news/record-breakers
  8. amp.theguardian.com
    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/feb/11/athletics.gdnsport3
  9. A rising star. BBC Sport (30 January 2006). Retrieved 22 February 2009.
    https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/4511400.stm
  10. Britain's sprinting star. The Guardian (10 January 2009). Retrieved 22 February 2009.
    https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/jan/10/harry-aikines-aryeetey-sprinter-olympics-2012
  11. British Athletics
    https://www.uka.org.uk/results/20200904_Manchester/timetable/index/
  12. Leicestershire Live
    https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/bbc-gladiators-nitro-loughborough-university-8490980
  13. Entertainment Daily
    https://www.entertainmentdailyuk.com/tv/harry-aikines-aryeetey-on-celebs-on-the-farm-is-he-married-and-how-old-is-he/
  14. BBC Media Centre
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/new-gladiators-nitro-and-diamond
  15. bbc.co.uk
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/16CdBYV0TGVY7s0XD32YxjW/nitro
  16. Yahoo News
    https://uk.news.yahoo.com/gladiators-nitro-injured-series-2-111232358.html
  17. www.bbc.co.uk
    https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2024/bbc-childrens-and-education-new-commissions-gladiators-epic-pranks
  18. "Celebrity MasterChef 2024 full line-up and how to watch new series"
    https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/celebrity-masterchef-full-cast-who-29730890
  19. "Harry Aikines-Aryeetey is the fourth celebrity contestant confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special 2024"
    https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2024/strictly-come-dancing-harry-aikines-aryeetey
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