CJ Ujah

CJ Ujah
Chijindu Ujah in 2013
Personal information
Birth nameChijindu Ujah
NationalityBritish
Born (1994-03-05) 5 March 1994 (age 30)
Ponders End, Enfield, London, United Kingdom
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Weight75 kg (165 lb) [1]
Sport
Country Great Britain
 England
SportMen's athletics
EventSprints
Achievements and titles
Personal best100 m: 9.96 (Hengelo 2014)
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Disqualified 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 London 4×100 m relay
Diamond League
First place 2017 Zurich 100 m
European Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Amsterdam 4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2018 Berlin 4×100 m relay
Men's junior athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European Athletics Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Rieti 100 m
Representing  England
Commonwealth Youth Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Douglas 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Douglas 4×100 m relay

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]

  1. ^ a b "Chijindu Ujah". Eurosport. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. ^ BBC Breaking News [@BBCBreaking] (18 February 2022). "Great Britain stripped of silver medal in men's 4x100m relay at Tokyo Olympics after team member CJ Ujah found to have committed doping violation https://t.co/e2kFkX4akM" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022 – via Twitter.