Chijindu Ujah

Chijindu Ujah

Chijindu Ujah in 2013.
Personal information
Nationality  United Kingdom
Born (1994-03-05) 5 March 1994
Ponders End, Enfield, London, England
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport Running
Event(s) Sprints
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 100 m: 9.96 (Hengelo 2014)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European Athletics Championships
2016 Amsterdam 4×100 m relay
European Athletics Junior Championships
2013 Rieti 100 m
Representing  England
Commonwealth Youth Games
2011 Douglas 100 m
2011 Douglas 4×100 m relay

Chijindu "CJ" Ujah (born 5 March 1994) is a British athlete, specialising as a sprinter.

Early life and education

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. Alongside his brother he attended Bishop Stopford's School. Chijindu went on to study at Sir George Monoux College, a sixth form college in Walthamstow, where he took up Science and Maths. He is currently a sport science student at Middlesex University in London.

Career

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.[1]

He is coached by Jonas Tawiah-Dodoo who also coaches British Long Jump record holder Greg Rutherford.

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[2] He also finished 8th in the IAAF World Youth Games 100 m. In 2012, he came 6th in the IAAF World Junior Championships 100 m.[3]

On 14 February 2015, Chijindu Ujah won the Sainsbury's Indoor British Championships 60 m with a time of 6.57 seconds.[4]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics from Rio de Janeiro, he failed to make the final of the 100 metres by 0.01 seconds.

References

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