# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/linford-christie
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:45:24.015Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/linford-christie"
name: "Linford Christie"
slug: "linford-christie"
description: "Linford Christie is a Jamaican-born British former sprinter and athletics coach. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games. He was the first European athlete to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m and held the British record in the event for close to 30 years. He is a former world indoor record holder over 200 metres, and a former European record holder in the 60 metres, 100 m and 4 × 100 metres relay."
tagline: "English athlete, Olympic medalist"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1960-04-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump