Christabel Nettey

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.

Christabel Nettey

Christabel Nettey (2013 World Championships in Athletics)
Personal information
Born	(1991-06-02) June 2, 1991 (age 33) Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	Long jump
College team	Arizona State University[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	6.99 NR (2015)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Canada Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Long jump 2014 Glasgow Long jump Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Long jump

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  Canada

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2007	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	8th	100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	14.42
			14th (q)	Long jump	5.88 m
			3rd	Medley relay	2:09.08
2009	Pan American Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	2nd	Long jump	6.05 m
2012	NACAC U23 Championships	Irapuato, Mexico	1st	Long jump	6.18 m
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	14th (q)	Long jump	6.22 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	20th (q)	Long jump	6.47 m
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Nice, France	3rd	Long jump	6.63 m
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	3rd	Long jump	6.49 m
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	1st	Long jump	6.90 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	4th	Long jump	6.95 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	20th (q)	Long jump	6.37 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	19th (q)	Long jump	6.36 m
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	7th	Long jump	6.63 m
	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	1st	Long jump	6.84 m
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	14th	Long 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	2nd	Long jump	6.46 m

Collegiate competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Arizona State University
2013	NCAA Outdoor Championships	Eugene, Oregon University of Oregon	13th	Long jump	6.24 m (20 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
	NCAA Indoor Championships	Fayetteville, Arkansas Randal Tyson Track Center	2nd	Long jump	6.55 m (21 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
2012	NCAA Outdoor Championships	Des Moines, Iowa Drake Stadium	8th	Long jump	6.37 m (20 ft 10+3⁄4 in)
			16th	4 × 100 m relay	44.84
	NCAA Indoor Championships	Nampa, Idaho Ford Idaho Center	11th	Long jump	6.15 m (20 ft 2 in)
2011	NCAA Outdoor Championships	Des Moines, Iowa Drake Stadium	7th	Long jump	6.47 m (21 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
	NCAA Indoor Championships	College Station, Texas Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium	17th	Long jump	5.13 m (16 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
2010	NCAA Outdoor Championships	Eugene, Oregon Hayward Field	16th	4x100	44.96
	NCAA Indoor Championships	Fayetteville, Arkansas Randal Tyson Track Center	17th	Long jump	6.04 m (19 ft 9+3⁄4 in)

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References

1. Kazan 2013 profile
2. Christabel Nettey at World Athletics
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.

External links

• Christabel Nettey at World Athletics
• Christabel Nettey at Athletics Canada (archive)
• Christabel Nettey at Team Canada
• Christabel Nettey at Olympics.com
• Christabel Nettey at Olympedia
• Christabel Nettey at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Christabel Nettey at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Christabel Nettey at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games (archived)
• Christabel Nettey at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)