Harry Aikines-Aryeetey

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey

Aikines-Aryeetey at the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games in 2013
Personal information
Birth name	Harry Leslie Aikines-Aryeetey[1]
Nationality	British
Born	(1988-08-29) 29 August 1988 (age 35) Carshalton, Sutton, England
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2][3]
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport	Sprinting
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100m: 10.08 200m: 20.46
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing  Great Britain World Championships 2009 Berlin 4×100 m relay European Championships 2022 Munich 4 x 100 m relay 2018 Berlin 4 x 100 m relay 2014 Zürich 4 x 100 m relay 2014 Zürich 100 m World Relays 2014 Nassau 4×100 m relay 2019 Yokohama 4×100 m relay Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham 4x100 m relay 2018 Gold Coast 4x100 m relay 2014 Glasgow 4x100 m relay

Harry Leslie Aikines-Aryeetey (born 29 August 1988) is an English sprinter. 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.^[5]

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 x 100 metres relay. Thereafter, Aikines-Aryeetey won relay gold twice more at European level, and twice at the Commonwealth Games representing England.

Since 2024, Aikines-Aryeetey has appeared as "Nitro" in the BBC sports endurance competition Gladiators. He has also taken part in BBC Radio 5’s sports quiz ‘Fighting Talk.’