Christy Opara-Thompson
| Christy Opara-Thompson medal table |
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 Nigeria
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| Olympic Summer Games | ||
| bronze | 1992 Barcelona | 4 × 100 m |
| African Championships | ||
| gold | 1993 Durban | Long jump |
| bronze | 1993 Durban | 100 m |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| gold | 1994 Victoria | 4 × 100 m |
| silver | 1994 Victoria | 100 m |
| bronze | 1994 Victoria | Long jump |
Christy Opara-Thompson (born December 24, 1971 , according to other sources May 2, 1970 ) is a former Nigerian sprinter whose special courses were the 100 and 200-meter races .
Sporting successes
Opara-Thompson took part in two Summer Olympic Games ( 1992 and 1996 ).
Her greatest success was celebrated at the 1992 games in Barcelona in the 4 x 100 meter relay : she won the bronze medal together with Beatrice Utondu , Faith Idehen and Mary Onyali and only had to beat the US teams in 42.81 seconds (42.11 seconds) and the United Team (42.16 seconds).
In 1993 Opara-Thompson was African champion in the long jump and third over 100 m in Durban. At the Commonwealth Games in Victoria in 1994, she won the 4-by-100-meter relay, won the silver medal in the 100-meter run and was third in the long jump.
Others
With a height of 1.70 meters, her competition weight was 63 kg.
Web links
- Christy Opara-Thompson in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Christy Opara-Thompson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article on databaseOlympics ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Opara-Thompson, Christy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nigerian sprinter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1971 |