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( R e d i r e c t e d f r o m C h i j i n d u U j a h )
Chijindu "CJ Ujah (born 5 March 1994) is a British athlete, specializing as a sprinter . The lead-off runner of the Great Britain 4 × 100 metres relay team that won both the World title in 2017 and the European title in 2016 and 2018 , he also won the title in the 100 metres at the 2017 Diamond League final.
On 18 February 2022 it was announced that Ujah and his teammates Zharnel Hughes , Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Richard Kilty would be stripped of their 4 × 100 metres relay 2020 Summer Olympics silver medals after Court of Arbitration for Sport found Ujah guilty of a doping violation.[2]
Early life and education [ edit ]
Chijindu Ujah was born in Enfield , London, into a family who are originally from Nigeria . He grew up in Enfield and has one older sibling. He attended St. Matthew's CE Primary School and Bishop Stopford's School alongside his brother. Chijindu went on to study at Sir George Monoux College , a sixth form college in Walthamstow , where he took up Science and Maths. He studied Exercise Science at Middlesex University in London.[3]
Ujah is the fifth British sprinter to break 10 seconds for the 100 metres, and the youngest to do so, as of June 2014 he is ranked first on the all-time European under-20 list, and third on both the all-time British list and the all-time European under-23 list for the event with a fastest time of 9.96 (with a +1.4 tailwind), achieved at Hengelo , Netherlands on 8 June 2014.[4]
He is coached by Jonas Tawiah-Dodoo .
In 2013, he became the European Junior Champion in the 100 m.
At youth level, Ujah won the silver medal over 100 metres at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games [5] [6]
On 14 February 2015, Chijindu Ujah won the Sainsbury's Indoor British Championships 60 m with a time of 6.57 seconds.[7]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics from Rio de Janeiro, he failed to make the final of the 100 metres by 0.01 seconds.
He ran the first leg in the 4 × 100 metres relay for Great Britain, the gold medal winning team at the 2017 World Championships in London on 12 August. Two weeks later, he won his first global individual title, winning the 2017 IAAF Diamond League title over 100 metres in 9.97 seconds.
Doping ban [ edit ]
At the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics , he was awarded a silver medal for the 4x100 men's relay event. He was later provisionally suspended for an alleged doping violation after his doping test showed the presence of a prohibited substance S-23 and Enobosarm .[8] [9] [10] [11] AIU and the World Anti-Doping Agency .[12]
References [ edit ]
^ "Athletics UJAH Chijindu - Tokyo 2020" . olympics.com . The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 2020.
^ "Britain's Chijindu Ujah dips under 10-second barrier" . www.telegraph.co.uk . Retrieved 21 August 2021 .
^ "Commonwealth Youth Games Results - Isle of Man 2011 | Competitors | Chijindu Ujah" . Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012 .
^ "Athlete Profile" . www.thepowerof10.info . Retrieved 21 August 2021 .
^ "British Athletics Official WebsiteAthlete Information" . Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016 .
^ "GB's Ujah suspended after positive test" . BBC Sport . 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021 .
^ "Britain's Ujah suspended for doping violation at Olympics - TSN.ca" . TSN . Associated Press. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021 .
^ "British Olympic 4x100m relay silver medallist's 'B' sample positive" . BBC News. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021 .
^ "CJ Ujah: Great Britain lose Tokyo Olympics relay medal after doping violation" . BBC Sport. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022 .
^ "CJ Ujah: British sprinted banned for 22 months following failed drug test" . BBC Sport. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022 .
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1991 : Andre Cason , Leroy Burrell , Dennis Mitchell , Carl Lewis (USA)
1993 : Jon Drummond , Andre Cason , Dennis Mitchell , Leroy Burrell , Calvin Smith (USA)
1995 : Donovan Bailey , Robert Esmie , Glenroy Gilbert , Bruny Surin (CAN)
1997 : Robert Esmie , Glenroy Gilbert , Bruny Surin , Donovan Bailey , Carlton Chambers (CAN)
1999 : Jon Drummond , Tim Montgomery , Brian Lewis , Maurice Greene (USA)
2001 : Morné Nagel , Corné du Plessis , Lee-Roy Newton , Matthew Quinn (RSA)
2003 : John Capel , Bernard Williams , Darvis Patton , Joshua J. Johnson (USA)
2005 : Ladji Doucouré , Ronald Pognon , Eddy De Lépine , Lueyi Dovy , Oudéré Kankarafou (FRA)
2007 : Darvis Patton , Wallace Spearmon , Tyson Gay , Leroy Dixon , Rodney Martin (USA)
2009 : Steve Mullings , Michael Frater , Usain Bolt , Asafa Powell , Dwight Thomas , Lerone Clarke (JAM)
2011 : Nesta Carter , Michael Frater , Yohan Blake , Usain Bolt , Dexter Lee (JAM)
2013 : Nesta Carter , Kemar Bailey-Cole , Nickel Ashmeade , Usain Bolt , Warren Weir , Oshane Bailey (JAM)
2015 : Nesta Carter , Asafa Powell , Nickel Ashmeade , Usain Bolt , Rasheed Dwyer (JAM)
2017 : CJ Ujah , Adam Gemili , Danny Talbot , Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (GBR)
2019 : Christian Coleman , Justin Gatlin , Mike Rodgers , Noah Lyles , Cravon Gillespie (USA)
2022 : Aaron Brown , Jerome Blake , Brendon Rodney , Andre De Grasse (CAN)
2023 : Christian Coleman , Fred Kerley , Brandon Carnes , Noah Lyles , J.T. Smith (USA)
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1946 : Sweden (Danielsson , Nilsson , Laessker , Håkansson )
1950 : Soviet Union (Sukharev , Kalyayev , Sanadze , Karakulov )
1954 : Hungary (Zarándi , Varasdi , Csányi , Goldoványi )
1958 : West Germany (Mahlendorf , Hary , Fütterer , Germar )
1962 : West Germany (Ulonska , Gamper , Bender , Germar )
1966 : France (Berger , Delecour , Piquemal , Bambuck )
1969 : France (Sarteur , Bourbeillon , Fenouil , St.-Gilles )
1971 : Czechoslovakia (Kříž , Demeč , Kynos , Bohman )
1974 : France (Sainte-Rose , Arame , Cherrier , Chauvelot )
1978 : Poland (Nowosz , Licznerski , Dunecki , Woronin )
1982 : Soviet Union (Sokolov , Aksinin , Prokofyev , Sidorov )
1986 : Soviet Union (Yevgenyev , Yuschmanov , Muravyov , Bryzhin )
1990 : France (Morinière , Sangouma , Trouabal , Marie-Rose )
1994 : France (Lomba , Perrot , Trouabal , Sangouma )
1998 : Great Britain (Condon , Campbell , Walker , Golding )
2002 : Ukraine (Vasyukov , Rurak , Dovhal , Kaydash )
2006 : Great Britain (Chambers , Campbell , Devonish , Lewis-Francis )
2010 : France (Vicaut , Lemaitre , Pessonneaux , Mbandjock )
2012 : Netherlands (Mariano , Martina , Codrington , van Luijk )
2014 : Great Britain (Gemili , Kilty , Aikines-Aryeetey , Ellington )
2016 : Great Britain (Dasaolu , Gemili , Ellington , Ujah )
2018 : Great Britain (Ujah , Hughes , Gemili , Aikines-Aryeetey )
2022 : Great Britain (Azu , Hughes , Efoloko , Mitchell-Blake )
2024 : Italy (Melluzo , Jacobs , Patta , Tortu , Rigali , Simonelli )
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1983: Steve Cram (1500 m)
1991: Roger Black , Derek Redmond , John Regis & Kriss Akabusi (4 × 400 m relay)
1993: Linford Christie (100 m)
1993: Colin Jackson (110 m hurdles)
1995: Jonathan Edwards (triple jump)
1997: Iwan Thomas , Roger Black , Jamie Baulch & Mark Richardson (4 × 400 m relay)
1999: Colin Jackson (110 m hurdles)
2001: Jonathan Edwards (triple jump)
2004: Phillips Idowu (triple jump)
2011: Mo Farah (5000 m)
2011: Dai Greene (400 m hurdles)
2013: Mo Farah (10,000 m & 5000 m)
2015: Mo Farah (10,000 m & 5000 m)
2015: Greg Rutherford (long jump)
2017: Mo Farah (10,000 m)
2017: CJ Ujah , Adam Gemili , Danny Talbot , & Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (4 × 400 m relay)
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