Chinaza Amadi

Chinaza Amadi

Personal information
Nationality	Nigeria
Born	(1987-09-12) 12 September 1987 (age 37)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long jump
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Nigeria African Championships 2008 Addis Ababa Long jump 2014 Marrakech Long jump 2006 Bambous Long jump
Updated on 27 August 2016

Chinazom Doris Amadi (born 12 September 1987) is a Nigerian long jumper.

She won the bronze medal at the 2006 African Championships. At the 2007 All-Africa Games she finished fourth, missing the bronze medal by a two centimetre margin.^[1] At the 2008 African Championships she won the silver medal.

Her personal best jump is 6.43 metres (21 feet 1 inch), achieved in May 2007 in Lagos.

She was the gold medallist in the long jump at the 2015 African Games, but was stripped of this title after failing a drug test for methenolone.^[2] She was banned for four years, until 15 September 2019.^[3]

References

1. 2007 All-Africa Games, women's long jump final Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
2. Doping ban shock for Nigeria. IOL (2016-01-24). Retrieved on 2016-01-24.
3. IAAF list of sanctioned athletes