Christabel Nettey

Christabel Nettey
Christabel Nettey in Moscow 2013
nation	Canada
birthday	2nd June 1991 (age 29)
place of birth	Brampton , Canada
size	162 cm
Weight	58 kg
Career
discipline	Long jump
Best performance	6.99 m
society	Arizona State University
Trainer	Dan Pfaff
status	active
Medal table
Commonwealth Games 1 × 0 × 1 × Pan American Games 1 × 0 × 0 × U18 world championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Commonwealth Games bronze Glasgow 2014 6.49 m gold Gold Coast 2018 6.84 m  Pan American Games gold Toronto 2015 6.90 m  Youth World Championships bronze Ostrava 2007 Sprint relay
last change: April 18, 2019

Christabel Nettey (born June 2, 1991 in Brampton ) is a Canadian long jumper .

Athletic career

Christabel Nettey gained her first international experience at the 2007 Youth World Championships in Ostrava , where she retired in the 100 meter hurdles and long jump qualification and won the bronze medal in the Canadian sprint relay (1000 meters) in 2: 09.08 min. Two years later she won the silver medal with 6.05 m at the Pan American Junior Championships in Port of Spain and in 2012 she won the U23 NACAC championships in Irapuato with a width of 6.18 m . In 2013 she took part in the Summer Universiade in Kazan and was eliminated from the qualification with 6.22 m, as well as at the World Championships in Moscow with 6.47 m. She then won the bronze medal behind the two Polish women Anna Jagaciak and Teresa Dobija at the Francophonie Games in Nice with 6.63 m .

The following year, she took bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with a jump of 6.49 m, behind Nigerian Ese Brume and Jazmin Sawyers from England. Then she was fourth with 6.35 m in the Athletics Continental Cup in Marrakech . In 2015 she won the Pan-American Games in Toronto with 6.90 m and qualified again for the World Championships in Beijing , where she finished fourth with 6.95 m in the final . The following year, she took the first time at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in part and retired there with 6.37 m in the qualification of, as well as in the World Championships in London the following year, where 6.36 m not for a finals ranged . In 2018 she finished seventh at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham with a width of 6.63 m and then won the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast with 6.84 m .

From 2013 to 2018, Nettey was the Canadian long jump champion every year. She graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in law and social sciences .

Personal best

• Long jump: 6.99 m, May 29, 2015 in Eugene ( Canadian record )
  • Long jump (indoor): 6.99 m, February 19, 2015 in Stockholm ( Canadian record )

Web links

Commons : Christabel Nettey  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Christabel Nettey in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Christabel Nettey in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Steve Landells: High and low - Christabel Nettey ( English ) IAAF. May 9, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2019.