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Linford Christie was born on 2 April, 1960 in Saint Andrew, Jamaica, is a Jamaican-born British former sprinter. Discover Linford Christie's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?
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Linford Christie Height, Weight & Measurements
At 63 years old, Linford Christie height is 188 cm .
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Linford Christie Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Linford Christie worth at the age of 63 years old? Linford Christie’s income source is mostly from being a successful Former. He is from Jamaica. We have estimated Linford Christie's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Timeline
Linford Christie (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.
Christie was born on 2 April 1960 in Saint Andrew, Jamaica, where he was brought up by his maternal grandmother.
At the age of seven he joined his parents, who had emigrated to Acton, London, England, five years before.
He was educated at Henry Compton Secondary School in Fulham, London and excelled in physical education.
He competed in the very first London Youth Games in 1977 for the borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.
He also joined the Air Training Corps in 1978, 336 (Hammersmith) Squadron.
He did not take up athletics seriously until he was 18.
Christie's early track career was not particularly promising.
It was not until some years after he had begun to work in earnest on his running technique under the coaching guidance of Ron Roddan in 1979 that he fulfilled his potential.
A comparatively slow starter, he failed to make the Great Britain team for the 1984 Summer Olympics, not even being included in the sprint relay squad.
In 1986, he was the surprise winner of the 100 m at the European Championships and finished second in the same event at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, behind Ben Johnson.
At the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome, Christie came fourth in the 100 m, but was later awarded the bronze medal, when winner Johnson was disqualified after admitting years of steroid use.
Christie tested positive for a banned stimulant in 1988 during the Seoul Olympics.
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Christie won the 100 m silver behind Carl Lewis after Johnson, who set a world record in 9.79 seconds, was again disqualified following a positive drug test.
Christie's time was 9.97 seconds, a new European record by 0.03 seconds and this was only the third time that an athlete had broken the ten second barrier in the 100 metres without winning the race.
Christie faced an International Olympic Committee disciplinary hearing at the 1988 Seoul Olympics because of an adverse drug test for the banned stimulant pseudoephedrine after he ran in the heats of the 200m.
He escaped sanction after the committee voted by a margin of 11 to 10 and gave Christie "the benefit of the doubt."
Christie argued that he had taken it inadvertently when drinking some ginseng tea.
In the absence of his great rival Lewis, Christie ran 9.96 s in the final, and at the age of 32 years 121 days became the oldest Olympic 100 m champion by four years and 38 days.
In 1993 he was awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
In 1993, he became the first man in history to hold the Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles in the 100m as he was victorious at the Stuttgart World Championships in his fastest ever time of 9.87.
The time stood as the British record until 2023.
His achievement saw him being voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year by the British public that year.
The following year, in 1994, he defended his Commonwealth title in Victoria in his second fastest ever 100 m time of 9.91.
At the 1994 European championships staged in Helsinki, where British team captain Christie won his third European 100 m title, he was caught up in a doping controversy after Solomon Wariso, a 400 m runner making his international championship debut, tested positive for the stimulant ephedrine.
Wariso revealed that he had used an over-the-counter pick-you-up called "Up Your Gas", which Christie had bought at a Florida pharmacy.
Defending his Olympic title in 1996, Christie was disqualified in the final after two false starts.
He said: "The first one I knew I did, but on the second one I felt I reacted perfectly to the gun. I have never been disqualified from a race before in my life. What a place to do it."
His reaction time was 0.086 seconds.
Under IAAF rules, sprinters are not allowed to start from their blocks faster than 0.1 seconds.
Christie retired from representative international competition in 1997, although he continued to make appearances at invitation meetings.
In 1998, less than six months before his first positive drug test, Christie won a libel action against the journalist John McVicar.
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.