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Christine Ohuruogu

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Christine Ijeoma Ohuruogu (born 17 May 1984) is a British former track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 metres, the event for which she is an Olympic, World and Commonwealth champion. The Olympic champion in 2008, and silver medalist in 2012, she is a double World Champion, having won the 400 m at the 2007 and 2013 World Championships. She has also won six World championship medals in the women's 4 × 400 m relay as part of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team and bronze Olympic medals in the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Beijing Games and the 2016 Rio Games, her final Olympics. Ohuruogu shares with Merlene Ottey and Usain Bolt the record for medalling in most successive global championships – 9 – between the 2005 World Championships in Athletics and the 2016 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Christine Ohuruogu is the 6,442nd most popular athlete (down from 5,772nd in 2024), the 8,158th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,905th in 2019) and the 219th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Christine Ohuruogu ranks 6,442 out of 6,025. Before her are Ira Brown, Kim Lamarre, Musa Audu, Michelle Perry, Jonas Warrer, and Zhu Xiaolin. After her are Jennifer Jones, Amy Acuff, Tatsiana Khaladovich, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Lisa Oldenhof, and Liu Tingting.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Christine Ohuruogu ranks 1,475. Before her are Charlie Villanueva, Priscilla Ahn, Yuta Baba, Park Ju-sung, Álvaro Parente, and Zhu Xiaolin. After her are Naoki Sugai, Bassa Mawem, Melky Cabrera, Aya Terakawa, Megan Jendrick, and Natália Falavigna.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Christine Ohuruogu ranks 8,160 out of 8,785. Before her are Elliot Knight (1990), James Brokenshire (1968), Pearl Mackie (1987), Alexander Armstrong (1970), Steve Cummings (1981), and Chantal Meek (1978). After her are Antonee Robinson (1997), Jourdan Dunn (1990), Mark Kermode (1963), Sam Palladio (1986), Steve Stone (1971), and Efan Ekoku (1967).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Christine Ohuruogu ranks 219. Before her are Steph Cook (1972), David Florence (1982), Matthew Pinsent (1970), Fiona MacDonald (1974), Tim Brabants (1977), and Chantal Meek (1978). After her are Leslie Law (1965), Rhona Martin (1966), Amy Williams (1982), Dina Asher-Smith (1995), Ben Maher (1983), and Joanna Stone (1972).

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