- Christy Opara-Thompson
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Christy Opara-Thompson (born December 24, 1971) is a Nigerian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She competed for Nigeria in the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain, where she won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres with her teammates Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen and Mary Onyali.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Nigeria 1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 3rd 4x100 m relay 42.81 s 1994 Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 2nd 100 m 11.22 s 3rd Long jump 6.72 m 1st 4x100 m relay 42.99 s References
IAAF World / Continental Cup Champions in Women's 4 x 100 m relay 1977: Europe (Possekel, Lynch, Richter, Lannaman) • 1979: Europe (Haglund, Réga, Richter, Hunte) • 1981: East Germany (Siemon, Wöckel, Walther, Göhr) • 1985: East Germany (Gladisch, Rieger, Auerswald, Göhr) • 1989: East Germany (Behrendt, Günther, Möller, Oschkenat) • 1992: Asia (Gao, Tian, Chen, Xiao) • 1994: Africa (Idehen, Tombiri, Opara-Thompson, Onyali) • 1998: United States (Taplin, Gaines, Miller, Guidry) • 2002: Americas (Lawrence, Campbell, McDonald, Ferguson) • 2006: Americas (Bailey, Ferguson-McKenzie, Mothersille, Simpson) • 2010: Americas (Mothersille, Ferguson-McKenzie, Solomon, Baptiste)
Categories:- 1971 births
- Living people
- Igbo athletes
- Nigerian sprinters
- Nigerian long jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Nigeria
- Olympic bronze medalists for Nigeria
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Nigeria
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Nigeria
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Nigerian athletics biography stubs
- Nigerian Olympic medalist stubs
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