CJ Ujah

CJ Ujah
Chijindu Ujah in 2013
Personal information
Birth nameChijindu Ujah
NationalityBritish
Born (1994-03-05) 5 March 1994
Ponders End, Enfield, London, United Kingdom
EducationBishop Stopford's School
Sir George Monoux College
Alma materMiddlesex University
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country Great Britain
 England
SportMen's athletics
EventSprints
Achievements and titles
Personal best100 m: 9.96 (Hengelo 2014)
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Disqualified2020 Tokyo4 × 100 m relay
World Championships
2017 London4 × 100 m relay
Diamond League
2017 Zurich100 m
European Athletics Championships
2016 Amsterdam4 × 100 m relay
2018 Berlin4 × 100 m relay
Men's junior athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European Athletics Junior Championships
2013 Rieti100 m
Representing  England
Commonwealth Youth Games
2011 Douglas100 m
2011 Douglas4 × 100 m relay

Chijindu "CJ" Ujah (born 5 March 1994) is a British athlete, specializing as a sprinter. The lead-off runner of the Great Britain 4 × 100 metres relay team that won both the World title in 2017 and the European title in 2016 and 2018, he also won the title in the 100 metres at the 2017 Diamond League final.

On 18 February 2022, it was announced that Ujah and his teammates Zharnel Hughes, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, and Richard Kilty would be stripped of their 4 × 100 metres relay 2020 Summer Olympics silver medals after Court of Arbitration for Sport found Ujah guilty of a doping violation.