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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.
Oct 31, 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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In 1999 Linford Christie tested positive for nandrolone after a competition in Germany and was suspended for two years. At age 39, this effectively ended his career. Christie now runs a successful sports management company alongside his coaching career. A keen amateur gardener he has also presented a number of television programmes on the subject.
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Aug 2, 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.
110. 7.8K views 3 years ago #NBCSports. 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...
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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.
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.
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