Alexander Lloyd (Alex) Nelson (born 21 March 1988, in

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) is a retired

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athlete who represented

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.Athlete biography: Alex Nelson
beijing 2008.cn, ret: Sep 01, 2008 During the 2006 Beijing World Junior Championships he picked up two bronze medals, in

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and

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. He has a personal best of 6.78 in

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, 10.31 in

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and 20.49 in

. Also, in 2005 he came second in the 100 metres

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in a British one, two, behind

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and third at the European Junior Athletics Championships in Kaunas Lithuania. Two years later he returned to the same competition only this time staged in Hengelo, Holland and was victorious over the 200 m and placed 2nd in the 4 × 100 relay. In July 2007 he came second behind

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in the men's 200 metres sprint at

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British Athletics Championships. His sister Ashleigh is also an international sprinter. In 2008 Alex achieved the GB "A" Qualifying time for the Olympic Games and placed second at the AAA's Olympic Trials gaining him his first full senior international vest and first appearance at the Olympic Games. However at the

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he did not start in his first round heat over 200 metres due to injury. In 2011, Nelson retired from the athletics aged 23, saying a number of injuries has taken away his enjoyment of the sport. Nelson is the cousin of both reality television contestant

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and professional footballer Curtis Nelson.

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* 1988 births Living people Athletes from Stoke-on-Trent English male sprinters British male sprinters Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Black British sportsmen English people of Barbadian descent Sportspeople of Barbadian descent 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-sprint-athletics-bio-stub