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  1. 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 .

    • 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
    • British
  2. May 13, 2021 · Linford Christie’s Olympic training unwittingly began many years before he began to take over the world, 100 metres at a time.As a child, he spent seven formative years in Jamaica’s most ...

  3. Aug 12, 2016 · He always knew hewas a fast runner, but after leavingschool he worked for six years forthe tax office and in the accountsdepartment at the Co-op rather thanpursuing an athletics career ...

  4. Former sprinter Linford Christie, the most decorated British male athlete in history, talks retirement, business and the state of modern athletics. 4 February 2015 Michael Long. Interviews. SHARE ...

  5. Aug 13, 1994 · No 41: Linford Christie, athlete. Age: 34. Salary: Sponsorship deals and appearance fees will bring him more than pounds 1m this year. They include a pounds 500,000 two-year deal with Puma...

  6. Oct 21, 1995 · THE LINFORD CHRISTIE STORY: Tunnel vision with gold in sight ... It was as if someone offered, say, pounds 1 to do a job and you responded by saying it was worth pounds 2. It is then up to the ...

  7. Christie retired in 1997 and took up coaching but over the next two seasons he still occasionally took part in minor events alongside sprinters in his training group. 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.

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