Linford Christie

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Linford Christie (2009)

Linford Cicero Christie OBE (born April 2, 1960 in Saint Andrew Parish ) is a former British sprinter of Jamaican origin.

biography

At the age of seven he emigrated to London , following his parents who had moved there five years earlier. Christie didn't start seriously training athletics until she was 19 .

In 1986 he surprisingly won the 100 meter run at the European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart and, starting for England , came second at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh . At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Christie won silver behind Carl Lewis in the 100-meter race , but only after the originally first-placed Ben Johnson was disqualified for doping . Christie herself had tested positive for pseudoephedrine after the race . In a tight 13:12 vote, the medical commission decided that there was no intentional doping.

At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, ​​Christie won the 100-meter race, and at the 1993 World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, he was world champion. Christie was the first person ever to hold the Olympic title, the world title, the European title and the Commonwealth title at the same time. With his time of 9.97 s, achieved at the Olympic Games in Seoul, he was the first European to break the 10-second mark over 100 meters . He is also still the oldest Olympic champion in this discipline (as of October 2012). Also in 1993 he was selected by the EAA to European Athlete of the Year Trophy and the press agency PAP to Europe Sportsman of the Year , selected during his same title was awarded by the Association of European sports journalists (UEPS). In the UK, he was also voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year .

After 1994 he was less successful. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, he was disqualified in the 100-meter final for two false starts. In 1999 he was tested positive for the prohibited substance nandrolone during a doping control . Although the British Federation found him not guilty, he was banned by the World Athletics Federation IAAF . Christie then resigned and has been working as a trainer ever since.

Inspired by Christie's statement that he was already starting at the B des Bangs, and because of his success at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, the 56 meter high sculpture B of the Bang was erected in front of the Manchester Stadium .

In 2010 he took part in the tenth season of the British television show I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! part.

Web links

Commons : Linford Christie  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The dirtiest race FAZ September 24, 2013
  2. ^ "Nobody is interested in the fight against doping" FAZ September 21, 2013
  3. ↑ The British sprinter Linford Christie is said to have systematically prevented doping controls , Der Tagesspiegel August 9, 1999
  4. ↑ Tom Knight: Shadow over Christie's reputation , The Telegraph August 22, 2000
  5. ↑ 'I'd just had enough': Emotional Linford Christie is ecstatic after being voted off I'm A Celebrity , December 1, 2010, Daily Mail
personal data
SURNAME Christie, Linford
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Christie, Linford Cicero (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-Jamaican sprinter
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Andrew Parish , Jamaica