Charity Opara

Medal record
Women's Athletics
Competitor for  Nigeria
Olympic Games
Silver	1996 Atlanta	4x400 m relay
World Junior Championships
Silver	1990 Plovdiv	400 metres

Charity Opara (born May 20, 1972 in Owerri, Imo State) is a former Nigerian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. She was in particular a successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 1996 Olympics.

Opara was banned between 1992 and 1996 for a positive drug test.

Personal bests

• 100 metres - 11.40 (1999)
• 200 metres - 22.60 (1992)
• 400 metres - 49.29 (1998)
• Long jump - 6.55 (1994)

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1989	African Championships	Lagos, Nigeria	1st	4x400m relay
1990	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt	2nd	400 metres
	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt	1st	4x400m relay
	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	2nd	4x100m relay
1991	All-Africa Games	Cairo, Egypt	2nd	400 metres
	All-Africa Games	Cairo, Egypt	1st	4x400m relay
1996	Summer Olympics	Atlanta, Georgia	2nd	4x400m relay
1998	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Moscow, Russia	2nd	400 metres
2000	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Doha, U.A.E.	3rd	400 metres

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

External links

• IAAF profile for Charity Opara

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Name	Opara, Charity
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Date of birth	May 20, 1972
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