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}} Christine Ijeoma Ohuruogu, MBE (born 17 May 1984) is a British Track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres, the event for which she is the former Olympic, World and Commonwealth Champion. The Olympic champion in 2008, and silver medalist in 2012, she is a double World Champion, having won the 400 m at the 2007 and 2013 World Championships. She has also won four World championship bronze medals in the women's 4 x 400m relay as part of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team. Ohuruogu's personal best time of 49.41 seconds, set at the 2013 World Championships, beat the UK record set by Kathy Cook in 1984 by 0.02 seconds, simultaneously making her the first British female to win two World Championship titles, and the first British female to win three global titles.〔()〕 She is coached by Lloyd Cowan. ==Biography== Born to Igbo Nigerian parents in Newham, east London,〔(Athletics: Briton Sweating Over Drugs Test ) The Guardian – 9 November 2006〕 she was raised less than one mile from the 2012 Summer Olympics stadium in Stratford.〔Duncan Mackay (Fate of star athlete and UK 2012 Olympics hope hangs in the balance ) The Guardian – 8 August 2006〕 She competed for Newham in the London Youth Games at both netball and athletics.〔(Hall of Fame ) retrieved 19 February 2013〕 She was inducted into the London Youth Games Hall of Fame in 2009. Ohuruogu studied at University College London, where she graduated in Linguistics in 2005. She also played netball during her undergraduate studies. She has eight siblings, one of whom is Victoria Ohuruogu, a sprints competitor. She attended St. Edward's Church of England School, Romford and Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green. Ohuruogu is a member of Newham and Essex Beagles Athletics Club. She was appointed MBE in the 2009 New Year Honours, and conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by the University of East London.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.podium.ac.uk/news/view/266/university-of-east-london-honours-olympic-stars-coe-ohuruogu-and-hunter )〕 She is the author of the "Camp Gold" series of children's books about an elite training school for budding athletes.〔http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/9781848530935〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christine Ohuruogu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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