Christabel Nettey

Last updated
Christabel Nettey
Christabel Nettey (2013 World Championships in Athletics) 02.jpg
Christabel Nettey (2013 World Championships in Athletics)
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1991-06-02) June 2, 1991 (age 32)
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Long jump
College team Arizona State University [1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)6.99 NR (2015)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Long jump
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Glasgow Long jump
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Toronto Long jump

Christabel Nettey (born June 2, 1991 in Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian athlete specialising in the long jump. [2] She is a two-time Olympian, 2016 and 2020. She has been to two Commonwealth Games, winning gold at the 2018 edition and bronze at the 2014 edition. She won gold at the 2015 Pan American Games.

Contents

Athletic career

She was a gold medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2015 Pan American Games. She has also won bronze medals at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie and the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Nettey placed fourth at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics and was a member of Canada's 2016 Olympic team. [3]

She has indoor and outdoor personal bests of 6.99 metres (indoors at the XL Galan and outdoor at the Prefontaine Classic, both in 2015). Both of these performances were Canadian records.

She attended Arizona State University and competed collegiately for the Arizona State Sun Devils. Her best performance for them was a second-place finish at the NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championship in 2013.

Nettey has qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [4] [5]

Personal life

Nettey was born in Ontario, Canada to Eustace and Genevieve Nettey who are both from Ghana. [6] [7]

International competitions

Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic8th100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)14.42
14th (q)Long jump5.88 m
3rdMedley relay2:09.08
2009 Pan American Junior Championships Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago2ndLong jump6.05 m
2012 NACAC U23 Championships Irapuato, Mexico1stLong jump 6.18 m
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia14th (q)Long jump 6.22 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia20th (q)Long jump 6.47 m
Jeux de la Francophonie Nice, France3rdLong jump 6.63 m
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom3rdLong jump 6.49 m
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada1stLong jump 6.90 m
World Championships Beijing, China4thLong jump 6.95 m
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil20th (q)Long jump 6.37 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom19th (q)Long jump 6.36 m
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom7thLong jump 6.63 m
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia1stLong jump 6.84 m
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 14thLong jump 5.96 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 22nd (q)Long jump 6.29 m
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 17th (q)Long jump 6.50 m
NACAC Championships Freeport, Bahamas 2ndLong jump 6.46 m

Collegiate competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Arizona State University
2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships Eugene, Oregon
University of Oregon
13thLong jump6.24 m (20 ft 5+12 in)
NCAA Indoor Championships Fayetteville, Arkansas
Randal Tyson Track Center
2ndLong jump6.55 m (21 ft 5+34 in)
2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships Des Moines, Iowa
Drake Stadium
8thLong jump6.37 m (20 ft 10+34 in)
16th4 × 100 m relay44.84
NCAA Indoor Championships Nampa, Idaho
Ford Idaho Center
11thLong jump6.15 m (20 ft 2 in)
2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships Des Moines, Iowa
Drake Stadium
7thLong jump6.47 m (21 ft 2+12 in)
NCAA Indoor Championships College Station, Texas
Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium
17thLong jump5.13 m (16 ft 9+34 in)
2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships Eugene, Oregon
Hayward Field
16th4x10044.96
NCAA Indoor Championships Fayetteville, Arkansas
Randal Tyson Track Center
17thLong jump6.04 m (19 ft 9+34 in)

[8]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Perdita Felicien</span> Canadian hurdler

Perdita Felicien is a Canadian retired hurdler. Felicien is the 2003 World champion in the 100 metres hurdles and 2004 World indoor champion in the 60 metres hurdles. She also won silver medals at the 2007 World Championships, the 2010 World Indoor Championships, and twice at the Pan American Games. Her best time for the 100 metres hurdles of 12.46 secs from 2004 still stands as the Canadian record.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Donald Thomas (high jumper)</span> Bahamian high jumper (born 1984)

Donald Thomas is a Bahamian high jumper from Freeport, Bahamas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Mason (high jumper)</span> Canadian high jumper

Michael Robert Christopher Mason is a Canadian high jumper. The 2004 World Junior champion, he has represented Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 2010 Commonwealth Games, 2012 Summer Olympics, 2014 Commonwealth Games, 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 2015 Pan American Games. His personal best for the event is 2.33 metres.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brianne Theisen-Eaton</span> Canadian athlete

Brianne Theisen-Eaton is a retired Canadian track and field athlete who competed in the heptathlon and women's pentathlon. She won the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Theisen-Eaton holds the Canadian record for the heptathlon with 6,808 points, as well as the indoor pentathlon with a score of 4768 points. Theisen-Eaton is a heptathlon silver medallist from the 2013 World Championships and 2015 World Championships, as well as a pentathlon silver medalist from the 2014 World Indoor Championships. She is the first and only Canadian woman to podium in the multi-events at the World Championships. Theisen-Eaton won Commonwealth Games gold in the heptathlon at Glasgow 2014 and was the 2016 World Indoor Champion in the pentathlon. She also won a bronze medal as part of the women's 4 x 400 m relay at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mohammed Ahmed (runner)</span> Canadian long-distance runner (born 1991)

Mohammed Ahmed is a Canadian long-distance runner. A three-time Olympian, he is his country's most successful athlete in long distance racing, being the first to medal in the 5000 metres at both the World Championships and the Olympic Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Melissa Bishop-Nriagu</span> Canadian middle-distance runner

Melissa Bishop-Nriagu is a Canadian runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She competed at the 2012, 2016 Olympics and 2020 Olympics. She won a silver medal at the 2015 World Athletics Championships. Her World Championship medal was a Canadian woman's first-ever medal in the 800 m. Bishop-Nriagu graduated from University of Windsor and was only the third Canadian woman to achieve a time under 2:00 minutes in the 800 m. She is currently the national record holder for this distance.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Derek Drouin</span> Canadian track and field athlete

Derek Drouin is a Canadian track and field athlete who competes in the high jump. He won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and was the 2015 World Champion. He also won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2015 Pan American Games, and won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships. Drouin was originally awarded the bronze at the 2012 Olympics which was retroactively changed to silver when the original gold medalist Ivan Ukhov was stripped of his medal for doping violations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shawnacy Barber</span> Canadian pole vaulter

Shawnacy Campbell "Shawn" Barber is a Canadian track and field athlete specialising in the pole vault. He is a world champion in pole vault having won the event with a height of 5.90 m at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing. Barber also became a Pan American Games champion in winning the 2015 edition of the Games with a height of 5.80 m. Barber won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as well.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim Nedow</span> Canadian track and field athlete

Timothy "Tim" Nedow is a Canadian track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and discus throw. He has personal bests of 200.10 m and 21.38 m for the events, respectively. He was the bronze medallist for Canada at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2013 Francophonie Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alysha Newman</span> Canadian pole vaulter

Alysha Eveline Newman is a Canadian track and field athlete who specializes in the pole vault. She competed at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. Newman was the 2018 Commonwealth Games champion in the women's pole vault, where she set a new Games record of 4.75 metres (15.6 ft).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lorraine Ugen</span> English long jumper and sprinter

Lorraine Ugen is an English long jumper and occasional 100 m sprinter with respective personal bests of 7.05 m and 11.32 s. Ugen competed for Great Britain at the 2016 Olympics in Rio in the long jump, finishing in eleventh place.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andre De Grasse</span> Canadian sprinter (b. 1994)

Andre De Grasse is a Canadian sprinter. A six-time Olympic medalist, De Grasse is the 2020 Olympic champion in the 200 m, and also won the silver in the 200 m in 2016. He won a second silver in the 4×100 relay in 2020. He also has three Olympic bronze medals, placing third in the 100 m at both the 2016 and 2020 Games, and also in the 4×100 m relay in 2016.

Khamica Bingham is a Canadian track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 metres. She has represented Canada at the Pan American Games, Commonwealth Games and the World Championships in Athletics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sage Watson</span> Canadian athlete

Sage Watson is a Canadian athlete specializing in the 400 metres hurdles. Competing internationally for Canada, she is the reigning Pan American champion in the 400 m hurdles, having also won Pan American medals in 2015 and 2019 as part of Canada's relay team.

Gabriela Maria DeBues-Stafford is a Canadian middle- and long-distance runner. A two-time Olympian, she placed fifth in the women's 1500 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. DeBues-Stafford holds the NACAC area record over the indoor 5000 metres, which she set in February 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brittany Crew</span> Canadian shot putter (b. 1994)

Brittany Ann Nicole Crew is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the shot put.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pierce LePage</span> Canadian decathlete

Pierce LePage is a Canadian track athlete who competes in the decathlon. He is the 2023 World champion, and the first Canadian to win the decathlon title at the World Athletics Championships. LePage is also the 2022 World silver medalist, 2018 Commonwealth silver medallist, and 2019 Pan American bronze medallist. LePage represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing in fifth place.

Sarah Dawn Mitton is a Canadian athlete specializing in the shot put. She is the 2023 World silver medalist, 2022 Commonwealth and 2019 Summer Universiade champion, and represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Camryn Rogers is a Canadian athlete specializing in the hammer throw. She is the reigning world champion, only the second Canadian woman to win gold at the World Athletics Championships. She is also the 2022 World silver medalist, 2022 Commonwealth Games champion, 2018 world U20 champion, and represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She competed at the collegiate level as a member of the California Golden Bears track and field team, winning three NCAA outdoor titles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julie-Anne Staehli</span> Canadian athlete

Julie-Anne Staehli is a Canadian Olympian, professional track and field athlete, and runner representing Team New Balance Boston, specializing in the 5,000 m event.

References

  1. Kazan 2013 profile
  2. Christabel Nettey at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. Hossain, Asif (11 July 2016). "Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio". Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  4. Nichols, Paula (3 July 2021). "Team Canada to have 57 competitors in athletics at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  5. "57 athletes nominated to Canada's Olympic track & field team". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  6. "Christabel Nettey Canada Long Jump | Spikes". spikes.worldathletics.org. 2015-06-02. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  7. "Athletics NETTEY Christabel". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  8. "tfrrs.org Christabel Nettey Arizona State DI, Pac-12, MPSF, DI West Results" . Retrieved 3 June 2016.