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Linford Christie OBE (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.
Linford Cristie (Saint Andrew, Jamaica, 2 de Abril de 1960) é uma antigo atleta britânico, especialista em provas de velocidade, que se sagrou campeão olímpico, campeão mundial, campeão europeu e campeão da Commonwealth na prova de 100 metros. Foi também o primeiro atleta europeu a quebrar a barreira dos 10 segundos nessa mesma prova.
31 de out. de 2011 · Coming out of the Barcelona 100m final starting blocks at the age of 32, Christie pulled away from a 'who's who' of famous sprinting names to claim his first Olympic title in a time of 9.96 ...
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28 de fev. de 2024 · Born in Jamaica Linford Christie followed his parents, who had emigrated some years earlier, to England at the age of seven but it was not until he was 19 that he took up sprinting. Although considered by many within British athletics to have prodigious talent he showed a lack of discipline in training that meant he narrowly missed selection for the relay at the 1984 Olympics.
At the ripe old age of 32 years and 121 days, Linford Christie held on to win the 100m Olympic final to become the oldest hundred meter dash champion in Olympic history #NBCSports...
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2 de ago. de 2016 · Linford CHRISTIE is a former British sprinter who won Olympic and World championships in the 100m and 200m. He also held the world record in the 60m and 100m for several years.
By also winning the World title in Stuttgart in 1993, Christie became the first 100 m runner to hold the Olympic, World, Continental and Commonwealth titles at the same time. He also won seventeen race victories at the European Cup between 1985 and 1997.
