Bernice Wilson
Bernice Wilson (born 21 April 1984) is a former British sprinter who represented Britain at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships. Her career was marked by two anti-doping suspensions.
As a junior, she was an English Schools 200 metres finalist in 1997 and went on to reach many finals at age-group, regional and national levels. Her senior breakthrough came when she finished second in the 60 metres at the 2010 British Indoor Championships.
Her personal bests are: 60 metres in 7.25 seconds (Sheffield 2011), 100 metres in 11.57 seconds (Bedford 2011), and 200 metres in 23.77 seconds (Eton 2010).
In February 2011 she ran 60m in 7.25 seconds, finishing second to Jodie Williams at the British Indoor Championships in Sheffield on 12 February 2011. This earned her selection for the European Indoor Championships in Paris the following month. She got through the heats but finished fifth in the semi-final with 7.28 seconds, missing the final.
In July 2011 she was provisionally suspended after a positive test at the Bedford International Games on June 12, when testosterone and clenbuterol were found. She claimed a contaminated sample, but received a four-year ban.
While still banned in February 2015, she failed an out-of-competition test for the fertility drug clomiphene. Because she cooperated with UKAD and admitted guilt, her second suspension was reduced from 40 months to 10 months. It later emerged that her coach and then-boyfriend, George Skafidas, had given her clomiphene by replacing vitamin tablets without her knowledge. In 2016 Skafidas received a lifetime ban from athletics after nine anti-doping rule violations.
Wilson later joined the UKAD Athlete Commission to help other athletes avoid the same pitfalls.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 06:21 (CET).