NETTEY Christabel

Canada
Athletics
2 Jun 1991
30
Female
BRAMPTON, ON
 
Canada

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Women's Long Jump  

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Olympic Stadium - Long Jump A
Women's Long Jump Qualification - Group A
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocationLong Jump
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRAQual. (6.37)

World Athletics Championships
YearLocationLong Jump
2017London, GBRQual. (6.36)
2015Beijing, CHN4th (6.95)
2013Moscow, RUSQual. (6.47)

Pan American Games
YearLocationLong Jump
2019Lima, PER14th (5.96)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017
YearLong Jump
20191 x 5th, 1 x 8th
20181 x 3rd, 1 x 6th, 1 x 7th
20171 x 5th, 1 x 7th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020
RankYearEventLocationResult
32018Long JumpStockholm, SWE6.83
52019Long JumpDoha, QAT6.55
52017Long JumpLondon, GBR6.63
62018Long JumpBirmingham, GBR6.54
72018Long JumpBrussels, BEL6.52
72017Long JumpEugene, OR, USA6.33
82019Long JumpLondon, GBR6.33
82018Long JumpLondon, GBR6.54

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020
RankYearEventCompetitionLocationResult
32018Long JumpWorld ChallengeMadrid, ESP6.55
52018Long JumpWorld ChallengeKingston, JAM6.54
102018Long JumpWorld ChallengeBerlin, GER6.22
112017Long JumpWorld ChallengeBerlin, GER6.17

World Indoor Championships
YearLocationLong Jump
2018Birmingham, GBR7th (6.63)


Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final
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Athlete
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Justice Studies, Sociology - Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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English
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Irving Schexnayder [personal], USA
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Her older sister Sabrina has competed in the long jump at the youth world championships and the Canadian championships. (vancouversun.com, 27 Jun 2013; universalathletics.ca, 18 Feb 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 08 Jan 2021)
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2013 for Canada (olympic.ca, 06 Jul 2015)
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She began suffering from back and leg pain at a competition in Brisbane, QLD, Australia, that was a warm-up event for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. She had 10 days of physical therapy, and recovered to win gold at the Games. (surreynowleader.com, 12 Apr 2018)

In 2016 she suffered a groin injury but recovered in time to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (olympic.ca, 11 Aug 2019)

She struggled with a herniated disc as she attempted to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and she did not compete in London. (vancouversun.com, 27 Jun 2013)
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She used to race against boys at school and a teacher told her parents that she should join an athletics club. She took up the sport at club level at age 10. (statepress.com, 13 Apr 2010; canadianathletesnow.ca, 15 Apr 2018)
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Her father, a marathon runner, encouraged her to follow her older sister into athletics. Her father made her and her sister jog with him in the early mornings and would not give them their allowance of five Canadian dollars per week until they did. "I think it was worth it even though I still hate jogging or any type of long running." She was competing in sprints, hurdles and long jump throughout university, but eventually settled on the long jump because it was her strongest event. (statepress.com, 13 Apr 2010; athleticsillustrated.com, 27 Jan 2015; thestar.com, 24 Jul 2015)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (surreynowleader.com, 12 Apr 2018)
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"Winning the 2015 Pan American Games title in front of my grandparents in Toronto [ON, Canada] was one of the highest moments of my career. Most of my family - including my mum, grandparents, sisters, aunts and cousins - were there to watch me compete." (worldathletics.org, 09 May 2018)
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Her mother. "She is my inspiration. I'm constantly motivated by her work ethic and her kind nature." (canadianathletesnow.ca, 15 Apr 2018)
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"She believed she could, so she did." [US author R.S. Grey] (canadianathletesnow.ca, 15 Apr 2018)
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In 2013 she was named Senior Female Track and Field Athlete of the Year at the British Columbia Athletics Awards in Canada. (bcathletics.org, 08 Dec 2013)

General Interest

General
BOUNCING BACK
She says that making the long jump final at the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, England, marked a turning point for her after a difficult period. She had missed out on the final at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and says she was then disappointed with her form in 2017. "2015 I had a rolling year, every meet I was breaking records and winning, everything was just really easy. 2016 was then the complete opposite, I was struggling, wasn't making finals but I made the Olympic team. Mentally though I was not in a good place and I wasn't very confident so I didn't make the [Olympic] final. I didn't make it out of the first round which was really hard. So going into 2017 I thought, new year, fresh start but again I struggled the same way. Things were looking a little bit more up but I still wasn't seeing the marks that I knew I had in me. There was a point in my [2018] indoor season where I thought, you know what, my marks aren't coming and I feel like I am doing everything that I can, maybe this isn't for me? Maybe I have maxed out. I then went to the indoors [world championships] and made the final, which was the first final that I'd made since 2015. That was very encouraging and I took the pressure off myself, so I just feel so much more free and am enjoying the sport a lot more." (planetsport.tv, 11 Aug 2019)

HERITAGE
Her parents Eustace and Genevieve Nettey are from Ghana. (athleticsillustrated.com, 27 Jan 2015; olympic.ca, 06 Jul 2015)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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