Linford Christie

About Linford Christie

Runner from Jamaica who won an Olympic gold medal in the 100 meters at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Linford Cicero Christie is a former Jamaican-born English sprinter. He is the only British to win a gold medal in the 100-meter run in four major competitions for British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championship, the European Championship and the Sports Festival. Commonwealth. He was the first European to cross the 10-second mark at 100m and still holds the British record for this event. He is a former world record 200m indoors, and a former European record for 60m, 100m and 4 × 100m relay runs. He's still one of the most beautifully decorated British athletes of all time. By the end of her athletic career, Christie had won a total of 24 medals, more than any other British athlete before or since. In 1993, he was awarded the BBC Sports Character of the Year Award.

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Trivia

He earned two silver medals at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul and a gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Linford Christie before fame

He did not begin to concentrate on athletics until he was 19 years old.

Achievement of Linford Christie

At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, he won two silver medals and a gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Linford Christie family life

In Saint Andrew, Jamaica, he was reared by his grandmother.

Associations of Linford Christie

He stated that if the situation arose, he could defeat Usain Bolt.

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