Charity Opara
Nigerian sprinter
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Born | (1972-05-20) 20 May 1972 (age 52) Owerri, Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Charity Opara-Asonze // ⓘ (born 20 May 1972 in Owerri, Imo State) is a former Nigerian track and field 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 m (1994)
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Nigeria | |||||
1989 | African Championships | Lagos, Nigeria | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:33.12 |
1990 | African Championships | Cairo, Egypt | 2nd | 400 metres | 51.68 |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:40.04 | |||
Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand | 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.67 | |
3rd | 400m | 52.01 | |||
World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 2nd | 400m | 51.28 | |
1st (h)[1] | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:33.56 | |||
1991 | All-Africa Games | Cairo, Egypt | 2nd | 400 metres | 51.23 |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:31.05 | |||
1996 | Summer Olympics | Atlanta, United States | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:21.04 |
1998 | Grand Prix Final | Moscow, Russia | 2nd | 400 metres | 50.09 |
2000 | Grand Prix Final | Doha, Qatar | 3rd | 400 metres | 50.85 |
See also
References
- ^ Disqualified in the final.
External links
Charity Opara at Wikipedia's sister projects
- Quotations from Wikiquote
- Data from Wikidata
- Charity Opara at World Athletics
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- 1969: Nicole Duclos (FRA)
- 1970: Marilyn Neufville (JAM)
- 1971: Helga Seidler (GDR)
- 1972: Monika Zehrt (GDR)
- 1973: Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (FIN)
- 1974: Riitta Salin (FIN)
- 1975–1977: Irena Szewińska (POL)
- 1978–1980: Marita Koch (GDR)
- 1981: Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE)
- 1982: Marita Koch (GDR)
- 1983: Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE)
- 1984–1986: Marita Koch (GDR)
- 1987–1988: Olga Bryzgina (URS)
- 1989: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)
- 1990: Grit Breuer (GER)
- 1991–1992: Marie-José Pérec (FRA)
- 1993: Ma Yuqin (CHN)
- 1994–1996: Marie-José Pérec (FRA)
- 1997: Cathy Freeman (AUS)
- 1998: Charity Opara (NGR)
- 1999: Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)
- 2000: Cathy Freeman (AUS)
- 2001: Katharine Merry (GBR)
- 2002–2003: Ana Guevara (MEX)
- 2004: Tonique Williams-Darling (BAH)
- 2005–2007: Sanya Richards-Ross (USA)
- 2008: Christine Ohuruogu (GBR)
- 2009: Sanya Richards-Ross (USA)
- 2010: Debbie Dunn (USA)
- 2011: Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (RUS)
- 2012: Antonina Krivoshapka (RUS)
- 2013: Amantle Montsho (BOT)
- 2014: Francena McCorory (USA)
- 2015: Allyson Felix (USA)
- 2016–2018: Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH)
- 2019: Salwa Eid Naser (BHR)
- 2020: Beatrice Masilingi (NAM)
- 2021: Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH)
- 2022: Marileidy Paulino (DOM)
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