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Charity Opara

Personal information
Born	(1972-05-20) 20 May 1972 (age 52) Owerri, Nigeria
Medal record Charity Opara Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Nigeria Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 4×400 m relay World Junior Championships 1990 Plovdiv 400 metres

Charity Opara-Asonze // ^ⓘ (born 20 May 1972 in Owerri, Imo State) is a former Nigerian track and field athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. She was in particular a successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 1996 Olympics.

Opara was banned between 1992 and 1996 for a positive drug test.

Personal bests

• 100 metres - 11.40 (1999)
• 200 metres - 22.60 (1992)
• 400 metres - 49.29 (1998)
• Long jump - 6.55 m (1994)

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Nigeria
1989	African Championships	Lagos, Nigeria	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.12
1990	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt	2nd	400 metres	51.68
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:40.04
	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	44.67
			3rd	400m	52.01
	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	2nd	400m	51.28
			1st (h)[1]	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.56
1991	All-Africa Games	Cairo, Egypt	2nd	400 metres	51.23
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.05
1996	Summer Olympics	Atlanta, United States	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:21.04
1998	Grand Prix Final	Moscow, Russia	2nd	400 metres	50.09
2000	Grand Prix Final	Doha, Qatar	3rd	400 metres	50.85

See also

• Doping cases in athletics

References

External links

• Charity Opara at World Athletics

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