Stuart Appleby
Appleby at 2005 PGA Championship
Personal information
Born	(1971-05-01) 1 May 1971 (age 41) Cohuna, Australia
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st)
Nationality	Australia
Residence	Orlando, Florida
Spouse	Renay (m. 1995-1998) Ashley (m. 2002)
Children	Ella (b. 2005) Mia (b. 2006) Max (b. 2008) Rex (b. 2010)
Career
Turned professional	1992
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia (joined 1993) PGA Tour (joined 1996)
Professional wins	15
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	9
PGA Tour of Australasia	3
Nationwide Tour	2
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	T7: 2007
U.S. Open	T10: 1998
The Open Championship	T2: 2002
PGA Championship	T4: 2000
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour of Australasia's Order of Merit	1992, 1994
PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year	2010

Stuart Appleby (born 1 May 1971) is an Australian professional golfer.

Early life[link]

Appleby was born in Cohuna in rural northern Victoria, and grew up on a nearby dairy farm. He began in golf by hitting balls from paddock to paddock after his farm chores were completed. As a youth, he played Australian Rules Football.^[1]

Professional career[link]

Early career[link]

Appleby turned professional in 1992 and began his career on the PGA Tour of Australasia. In 1995 he won twice on the Nike Tour (now known as the Nationwide Tour), the second tier men's tour on in the U.S. He was the 8th player to win his first Nationwide Tour start. He qualified to compete on the PGA Tour the following year by finishing the season fifth on the money list.^[1]

PGA Tour[link]

Appleby has won nine times on the PGA Tour. He was a member of the International Team in the Presidents Cup four times, and featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings in 2004.^[2] His best performance in a major championship came in 2002, where he lost in a fourway play-off to Ernie Els at The Open Championship.^[3]

In 2010, during the final round of the inaugural Greenbrier Classic, Appleby became the fifth player in history to shoot a 59 in an official PGA Tour event.^[4] Appleby won the 2010 PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year award.^[5]

Personal[link]

Appleby's first wife, Renay, was killed in an automobile accident outside London Waterloo station in 1998,^[6] shortly after he had missed the cut at The Open Championship. Appleby married his second wife, Ashley Saleet, in 2002. He lives with Ashley and his four children in Orlando, Florida. After the 1999 plane crash that killed his friend and next-door neighbor Payne Stewart, he has been one of the key father figures for Stewart's children Chelsea and Aaron.^[7]

In his spare time, Appleby enjoys motor racing.^[1]

Appleby is the ambassador for Golf Australia's Crown Lager Social Golf Club.

Professional wins (15)[link]

PGA Tour wins (9)[link]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	16 Mar 1997	Honda Classic	-14 (68-68-67-71=274)	1 stroke	Michael Bradley, Payne Stewart
2	7 Jun 1998	Kemper Open	-10 (70-63-69-72=274)	1 stroke	Scott Hoch
3	2 May 1999	Shell Houston Open	-9 (70-68-70-71=279)	1 stroke	John Cook, Hal Sutton
4	12 Oct 2003	Las Vegas Invitational	-31 (62-68-63-66-69=328)	Playoff	Scott McCarron
5	11 Jan 2004	Mercedes Championships	-22 (66-67-66-71=270)	1 stroke	Vijay Singh
6	9 Jan 2005	Mercedes Championships	-21 (74-64-66-67=271)	1 stroke	Jonathan Kaye
7	8 Jan 2006	Mercedes Championships	-8 (71-72-70-71=284)	Playoff	Vijay Singh
8	23 Apr 2006	Shell Houston Open	-19 (66-67-69-67=269)	6 strokes	Bob Estes
9	1 Aug 2010	Greenbrier Classic	-22 (66-68-65-59=258)	1 stroke	Jeff Overton

PGA Tour playoff record (2-1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2002	The Open Championship	Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Thomas Levet	Els beat Levet with par in sudden death, after four-hole playoff
2	2003	Las Vegas Invitational	Scott McCarron	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	2006	Mercedes Championships	Vijay Singh	Won with birdie on first extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (3)[link]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	20 Dec 1998	Coolum Classic	-17 (68-67-67-69=271)	4 strokes	Craig Spence
2	25 Nov 2001	Holden Australian Open	-17 (69-70-67-65=271)	3 strokes	Scott Laycock
3	14 Nov 2010	JBWere Masters	-10 (71-69-69-65=274)	1 stroke	Adam Bland

Nationwide Tour wins (2)[link]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	19 Mar 1995	NIKE Monterrey Open	-15 (68-70-67-68=273)	Playoff 1	Rafael Alarcon
2	1 Oct 1995	NIKE Sonoma County Open	-19 (69-69-65-66=269)	4 strokes	Bobby Collins, Joe Durant Jerry Kelly

¹ Deafeated Alarcon with birdie on seventh extra hole. (This was the second longest playoff in tour history)^[8]

Other wins (1)[link]

• 1999 (1) CVS Charity Classic (with Jeff Sluman; United States - unofficial event)

Results in major championships[link]

^Lost in a four man, four-hole playoff. He competed against Ernie Els (winner), Steve Elkington and Thomas Levet.

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10

Results in World Golf Championship events[link]

¹Cancelled due to 9/11
DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Yellow background for top-10.
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Note: Appleby is the only golfer to compete in the first 32 WGC events.^[9]

Team appearances[link]

• Presidents Cup (International Team): 1998 (winners), 2000, 2003 (tie), 2005, 2007
• Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Australia): 1997, 1998, 1999
• World Cup (representing ): 2003, 2009

See also[link]

• Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Stuart Appleby at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
• Stuart Appleby at the PGA Tour official site
• Stuart Appleby at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

Christine Ohuruogu

Ohuruogu at the parade in London to celebrate the achievements of British competitors at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Personal information
Born	(1984-05-17) 17 May 1984 (age 28) London, England
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Club	Newham and Essex Beagles
Turned pro	2004
Achievements and titles
World finals	2007 - 1st
Olympic finals	2008 - 1st, 400m
Highest world ranking	200 m: 11 (2008) 400 m: 2 (2007/2008)
Personal best(s)	100 m 11.35 200 m 22.85 400 m 49.61
Medal record Competitor for  Great Britain and  England Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing 400 m World Championships Gold 2007 Osaka 400 m Bronze 2005 Helsinki 4x400 m relay Bronze 2007 Osaka 4x400 m relay World Indoors Championships Gold 2012 Istanbul 4x400 m relay Commonwealth Games Gold 2006 Melbourne 400 m European U23 Championships Silver 2005 Erfurt 400 m Silver 2005 Erfurt 4 x 400 m relay
Updated on 11 October 2008.

Christine Ijeoma Ohuruogu MBE (born 17 May 1984) is a British athlete, who specialises in the 400 metres; the event for which she is the current Olympic and former World and Commonwealth Champion. Her victory in the Beijing Games was the 50th gold medal for Great Britain in Athletics at the Olympics.

Ohuruogu's Personal Best of 49.61 ranks her third amongst British women 400 m runners, behind fellow Olympic medallists Kathy Cook and Katharine Merry.

Biography[link]

Born to Igbo Nigerian parents^[1][2] in Newham, east London,^[3] she was raised less than one mile from the 2012 Summer Olympics stadium in Stratford.^[4] Ohuruogu studied at University College London, where she graduated in Linguistics in 2005.^[5] She also played netball during her undergraduate studies. Christine has 8 siblings, one of whom is Victoria Ohuruogu, a top sprints competitor in her age group. She also went to St. Edwards Church of England School, Romford, Essex and Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green, Essex.

Ohuruogu is a member of Newham and Essex Beagles Athletics Club.

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours,^[6][7] and conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by the University of East London.^[8]

Athletics career[link]

In 2003 Ohuruogu was a bronze medallist at 400 m at the European Junior Championships. She became the AAA champion in the 400 m in 2004, was a semi-finalist in the 400 m at the Athens Olympics of 2004, also taking part in the 4 x 400 m relay team that finished 4th. In the 2005 European Under 23 Championships she took the silver medal, losing individual gold by a hundredth of a second. She also won silver in the 4 x 400 m relay.

After reaching the semi-final at the 400 m at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics she won a bronze medal in the women's 4 x 400 m relay together with Lee McConnell, Donna Fraser and Nicola Sanders.

Ohuruogu won a gold medal for England in the 400 m at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in a personal best time of 50.28 seconds, beating favourite Tonique Williams-Darling in both her semi-final and the final.^[9]

Within 24 days of the end of her year-long competition suspension she returned to surprise the field and win the gold medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. Fellow British athlete, Nicola Sanders took the silver with Novlene Williams of Jamaica in third. Ohuruogu had won all three of her individual races at the world championships - her heat, her semi-final, plus the final. The fastest woman in the world, Sanya Richards, did not qualify for the World Championships, after failing to make the United States team.

2006 Commonwealth Games Relay controversy[link]

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At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Ohuruogu ran the final leg in the 4 x 400 m relay for England. On the second leg with 200 m to go until the third change-over, Jamaica were leading with Australia second and England in third. The rules are that the change over athletes are to line up in order of the position at 200 m. This would have meant that Jamaica would have the inside lane, then Australia with England third from the inside. However, between 200 m and 300 m of the second leg, Nicola Sanders of England overtook Caitlin Willis meaning coming up to the third change, the English team were second, with Australia in third place. Tasha Danvers, the English athlete changed places with the Australian, Tamsyn Lewis. On the home straight, however, Willis and Sanders ran in the 2nd and 3rd lane respectively, and had to change over to pass the baton, as they were obviously aware of the rules. The English team went on to win the race, with Ohuruogu pulling away at the end.

However after the race the Australians were awarded the gold medal, as the English team had breached IAAF Rule 170 when Danvers-Smith changed position with Lewis.

(RULE 170 Relay Races9. The athletes in the third and fourth legs of the 4 x 400 m relay race shall, under the direction of a designated official, place themselves in their waiting position in the same order (inside to out) as the order of their respective team members as they complete 200 m of their legs. Once the incoming athletes have passed this point, the waiting athletes shall maintain their order, and shall not exchange positions at the beginning of the take-over zone. If an athlete does not follow this Rule, his team shall be disqualified.)

Ohuruogu (in dark blue, centre) winning the 400 m at the world championship in Osaka

Competition suspension[link]

Christine Ohuruogu was suspended from competing in the 2006 European Athletics Championships. The reason for this was that she missed three out-of-competition drug tests, known as the "whereabouts" system, of the World Anti-Doping Code; one in October 2005 and two in June 2006.^[10] According to IAAF and British Olympic Association rules, she received a one-year ban for missing these tests, which expired on 5 August 2007.^[11]

The British Olympic Association also imposed a lifetime ban excluding Ohuruogu from competing at future Olympic Games for Great Britain.^[12] She appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but the original decision was upheld.^[13] Ohuruogu submitted a further appeal, and stated that she would probably leave Britain and compete in the Olympics for another country if it was unsuccessful.^[14][15] Her Olympic ban was finally overturned on 27 November 2007.

2007 Athletics World Championships[link]

A day after her ban was finished, Ohuruogu was selected for the British team at the 2007 Athletics World Championships.^[11] She had only run five competitive races before the final since her suspension; however, she managed to take the individual 400 m and secure the only gold medal for Great Britain at the Championships, while her compatriot Nicola Sanders won silver. She also took bronze in the 400 m relay.

2008 Olympics[link]

In Beijing, Ohuruogu won her heat against Yulia Guschina who finished 0.18 seconds behind and semi-final for the 400 m women's race against Shericka Williams by 0.14 seconds, before taking the gold with a finish down the home straight, beating pre-race favourite Sanya Richards of the USA into bronze and Shericka Williams of Jamaica into silver, with a time of 49.62s. This time, over 2 seconds slower than the world record, would have achieved no higher than Bronze at each of the Olympics since 1976 (and was slower than 5th place in 1996). It was Great Britain's first - and only - track and field Olympic gold of the 2008 Games, and Ohuruogu was the first British female Olympic champion of the 400 m.^[16]

2009[link]

In preparation for the European Indoor Championships in Turin, Ohuruogu set personal bests in the 60 metres and 200 m at the Birmingham Grand Prix.^[17] She competed at the 2009 Manchester City Games, finishing second in the 150 metres final in 17.10 seconds.^[18] She ran a personal best 22.85 seconds to take second place in the 200 m at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games.^[19] While she won the 400 m national title at the UKA Championships in Birmingham that July, her times and finishes over the distance at IAAF Golden League meets were unimpressive.^[20] She had failed to break 51 seconds in the 2009 season; some distance behind world-leader Richards' best of 49.23 seconds.^[21] A hamstring problem caused her to withdraw from the London Grand Prix, raising doubts that she would be unable to defend her World title.^[20]

2011 Athletics World Championships[link]

Ohuruogu was selected for the British team at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. She was disqualified in her individual 400 m after a false start.

Personal bests[link]

See also[link]

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References[link]

External links[link]

• IAAF profile for Christine Ohuruogu