CJ Ujah
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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.
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Birth name | Chijindu Ujah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1994-03-05) 5 March 1994 (age 30) Ponders End, Enfield, London, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Men's athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 100 m: 9.96 (Hengelo 2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]