Christabel Nettey (born June 2, 1991 in Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian athlete specialising in the long jump. 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.
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.
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.
Personal life
Nettey was born in Ontario, Canada to Eustace and Genevieve Nettey who are both from Ghana.
International competitions
Collegiate competitions
References
External links
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Living people
1991 births
Sportspeople from Surrey, British Columbia
Canadian female long jumpers
Olympic female long jumpers
Olympic track and field athletes for Canada
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games track and field athletes for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada Arizona State Sun Devils women's track and field athletes Canadian people of Ghanaian descent Black Canadian female track and field athletes Canadian Track and Field Championships winners Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics Competitors at the 2013 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games