caption event club weight birth_place imagesize nationality height pb medaltemplates sport birth_date image article_title name
ellington in daegu -lrb- centre -rrb- during the 2011 world championships 100 ; metres & nbsp ; metres , 200 & nbsp newham and essex beagles 81 kg lb on lewisham , london , united kingdom 250px british 179 cm ftin on '' m/s -rrb- -lrb- florida relays 2014 -rrb- '' ' 200 ' m '' ' 20.42 -lrb- +2.0 m/s -rrb- -lrb- iaaf 100 world challenge fanny blankers-koen games 2013 -rrb- m '' ' 10.16 -lrb- +1.0 men 's athletics running 6 september 1985 nickel ashmeade daegu 2011.jpg james ellington
 james ellington
james ellington

james ellington -lrb- born 6 september 1985 -rrb- is a british sprinter , who races in the 100 metres and 200 metres .
he made his world senior championship debut at the 2011 world championships in athletics in daegu , running 20.82 in the 200 m and finishing 5th in his heat .
james was in the great britain olympic team for the 2012 summer olympics , running in the 200 metres .
he finished fifth in his heat of the 200 metres and failed to progress .
in november 2011 ellington attracted widespread press coverage by selling his sponsorship rights on ebay in the run up to london 2012 .
the winning bid was # 32,550 , but the winning bidder was not genuine .
ellington eventually attracted sponsorship from skincare company king of shaves , who offered to sponsor him if the ebay deal fell through .
