Christy Opara-Thompson

Christy Opara-Thompson
Personal information
Born	(1971-12-24) 24 December 1971

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.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Nigeria
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	42.81 s
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	2nd	100 m	11.22 s
			3rd	Long jump	6.72 m
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	42.99 s

References

Christy Opara-Thompson profile at IAAF
databaseOlympics

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)

US National Championship winners in women's 60-meter dash

1927–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1927: Rosa Grosse (CAN) 1928: Katherine Mearls 1929–32: Mary Carew 1933: Pearl Young 1934: Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) 1935–7: Helen Stephens 1938–40: Not held 1941: Jean Lane 1942–4: Not held 1945–6: Alice Coachman 1947: Not held 1948: Juanita Watson 1949–50: Dolores Dwyer 1951: Catherine Hardy 1952: Dolores Dwyer 1953–4: Mabel Landry 1955–8: Isabelle Daniels 1959–60: Wilma Rudolph 1961–3: Willye White 1964: Debbie Thompson 1965–7: Wyomia Tyus 1968–9: Barbara Ferrell 1970: Chi Cheng (TPE) 1971: Pat Hawkins 1972–3: Iris Davis 1974: Theresa Montgomery 1975: Alice Annum (GHA) 1976: Lisa Hopkins 1977–8: Brenda Morehead 1979: Evelyn Ashford

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980–3: Evelyn Ashford 1984–5: Alice Brown 1986: Jeanette Bolden 1987: Anelia Nuneva (BUL) 1988: Evelyn Ashford & Gwen Torrence 1989: Gwen Torrence 1990–2: Michelle Finn

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Gail Devers 1994–6: Gwen Torrence 1997: Gail Devers 1998: Christy Opara-Thompson (NGR) 1999: Gail Devers 2000: Carlette Guidry-White 2001–2: Chryste Gaines 2003: Angela Williams 2004: Gail Devers 2005: Angela Daigle 2006: Me'Lisa Barber 2007: Hasani Roseby 2008: Angela Williams 2009: Me'Lisa Barber 2010: Carmelita Jeter 2011: Alexandria Anderson 2012: Tianna Madison 2013: Barbara Pierre 2014–15: Tianna Bartoletta

Notes	Distances have varied as follows: 40 yards (1927–1932), 50 meters (1933–54), 50 yards (1956–64), 60 yards (1965–86), 55 meters (1987–1990)

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