(1960-04-02) 2 April 1960 (age 64) Saint Andrew, Jamaica
Height
6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1]
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Great Britain
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
1
2
0
World Championships
1
1
2
World Indoor Championships
0
2
0
European Championships
3
1
2
European Indoor Championships
3
0
1
Commonwealth Games
3
2
0
Total
11
8
5
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona
100 m
1988 Seoul
100 m
1988 Seoul
4×100 m relay
World Championships
1993 Stuttgart
100 m
1993 Stuttgart
4×100 m relay
1987 Rome
100 m
1991 Tokyo
4×100 m relay
World Indoor Championships
1991 Seville
60 m
1991 Seville
200 m
European Championships
1986 Stuttgart
100 m
1990 Split
100 m
1994 Helsinki
100 m
1990 Split
4×100 m relay
1990 Split
200 m
1986 Stuttgart
4×100 m relay
European Indoor Championships
1986 Madrid
200 m
1988 Budapest
60 m
1990 Glasgow
60 m
1988 Budapest
200 m
Representing England
Commonwealth Games
1990 Auckland
100 m
1990 Auckland
4×100 m relay
1994 Victoria
100 m
1986 Edinburgh
100 m
1986 Edinburgh
4×100 m relay
Updated on 20 July 2012
Linford ChristieOBE (born 2 April 1960) is a Jamaican-born British former sprinter and athletics coach. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games. He was the first European athlete to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m and held the British record in the event for close to 30 years. He is a former world indoor record holder over 200 metres, and a former European record holder in the 60 metres, 100 m and 4 × 100 metres relay.
He remains one of the most highly decorated British athletes of all-time. By the end of his track career Christie had won 24 medals overall, more than any other British male athlete before or since. In 1993 he was awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
Christie tested positive for a banned stimulant in 1988 during the Seoul Olympics. In 1999 he was suspended for two years by the IAAF after the banned substance nandrolone was found in a test, although he had been effectively in retirement since 1997.
As a coach, two of his charges, Darren Campbell and Katharine Merry, went on to win Olympic and World medals.
^"Linford Christie". teamgb.com. British Olympic Association. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
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