Linford Christie

@Retired Sprinter, Birthday and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Linford Cicero Christie is British former sprinter considered as the most decorated male British athlete ever British Sportspersons Athletes Aries Celebrities Linford Cicero Christie is British former sprinter considered as the most decorated male British athlete ever. Though he emerged in the track scene at a rather late stage of life for a sprinter, he successfully created a niche for himself. He has won 24 major championship medals that included winning gold medals in 100m dash of all the four major events where a British athlete can perform namely the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, European Championships and World Championships – becoming and remaining the only British male athlete to achieve such feat. His accomplishments included one gold and two silver medals at the Olympic Games; one gold, one silver and two bronze medals in World Championships; two silver medals in World Indoor Championships; three gold, one silver and two bronze medals in European Championships; three gold and one bronze medals in European Indoor Championships; and three gold and two silver medals in the Commonwealth Games. The races included 60m, 100m, 200m and 4x100 m relay. Christie remains the first European sprinter to achieve sub-10 Seconds timing in 100m and till present holds the British record with his 9.87 s run set at the 1993 World Championships. He also held European records for 60m, 100m and 4 x 100 metres as well as world indoor record for 200 metres, later surpassed by other athletes. He enlists as the third fastest sprinter among all time greats. He was inducted as MBE in 1990 and as OBE in 1998. His name was included in ‘London Youth Games Hall of Fame’ in 2009 and in ‘England Athletics Hall of Fame’ in 2010.

Personal Details

Birthday: April 2, 1960 Nationality: British Famous: Retired Sprinter, Sportspersons, Athletes Known as: Linford Cicero Christie Birth Place: Saint Andrew, Jamaica Height: 188cm Gender: Male Information Detail Birthday April 2, 1960 Nationality British Famous Retired Sprinter, Sportspersons, Athletes Known as Linford Cicero Christie Birth Place Saint Andrew, Jamaica Height 188cm Gender Male Father James Christie Mother Mabel Christie Net Worth $88 Million as of February 8,2017 Sun Sign Aries Born in Saint Andrew, Jamaica Famous as Retired Sprinter

Saint Andrew, Jamaica

Linford Christie born at Unsplash Birth Place

Christie officially has six children and is rumoured to have two more secret children. Unsplash Personal Life

In 2009 his niece Rachel Christie became Miss England, but she relinquished the crown due to an allegation of assault. Unsplash Personal Life

He was born on April 2, 1960, in Saint Andrew, Jamaica, to Mabel Christie and James Christie among their seven children. Initially raised by his grandmother, he joined his parents in Acton, London at seven years of age. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He attended ‘Henry Compton Secondary School’ in Fulham, London where he excelled in physical education. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

The first ‘London Youth Games’ held in 1977 saw him participating for the borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1978 he joined British youth organization ‘Air Training Corps’. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He seriously contemplated athletics at 19 years of age; however he could not accomplish much in the initial stage of his track career. In 1979 he began training under coach Ron Roddan, whom he first met in his school. Roddan trained him at the West London Stadium and the association of the two remained all through the track career of Christie. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He came out as a surprise package in 1986, capturing his first gold medal after emerging winner of the 100m title of 14th European Athletics Championships held at the Neckarstadion in Stuttgart, West Germany and also earned a bronze medal in the 4x100 m relay event. Unsplash Career

Other accomplishments of Christie in 1986 remains securing the 200m title at the European Indoor Championships held at Madrid and finishing second both in 100m and 4 x 100 m events at the Commonwealth Games held in Edinburg. Unsplash Career

Although he finished fourth, Christie received the bronze medal in 100m at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics held in Rome as Ben Johnson the winner was disqualified after he admitted use of steroids for years. Unsplash Career

In 1988, he again secured a gold medal at the European Indoor Championships, this time in 60m dash held at Budapest, Hungary, but finished third in the 200m event earning a bronze medal. His first Olympic Games success came in Seoul, South Korea, that year with two silver medals in 100m and 4x100 m relay respectively. Though he finished second in 100m he set a new European record with his 9.97 seconds. Unsplash Career

1990 proved to be quite promising for him. He started off the year capturing two gold medals in 100m and 4x100 m relay respectively at the Commonwealth Games held in Auckland, New Zealand. Moving on he secured gold in 60m at European Indoor Championships held at Glasgow, UK; and another gold medal in 100m at European Championships held at Split, SFR Yugoslavia. He also earned a silver medal and a bronze medal respectively in the 4x100 m relay and 200m events at European Championships that year. Unsplash Career

The ‘West London Stadium’ was re-christened after him as ‘Linford Christie Stadium’ in 1993. Unsplash Trivia

Information	Detail
Birthday	April 2, 1960
Nationality	British
Famous	Retired Sprinter, Sportspersons, Athletes
Known as	Linford Cicero Christie
Birth Place	Saint Andrew, Jamaica
Height	188cm
Gender	Male
Father	James Christie
Mother	Mabel Christie
Net Worth	$88 Million as of February 8,2017
Sun Sign	Aries
Born in	Saint Andrew, Jamaica
Famous as	Retired Sprinter

Linford Christie

British

Apr 2, 1960

Biography

Personal Details

Saint Andrew, Jamaica