Amaka Ogoegbunam Explained

Amaka Ogoegbunam
Birth Date:3 March 1990
Weight:610NaN0
Country:Nigeria
Sport:Track and field
Event:400 metres hurdles
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Amaka Ogoegbunam (born 3 March 1990) is a Nigerian sprinter.[1] She competed in the 400 metres hurdles event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.[2]

Doping ban

Ogoegbunam tested positive for the anabolic steroid metenolone at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships in sample collected on 31 July 2009. Before the analyse of the sample was completed she competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, where she also tested positive for the same steroid in a sample collected on 18 August.[3] She subsequently received a 3-year doping ban from sports, at the age of 19. The ban ended 30 July 2012.[4] [5]

International competitions

2009African Junior ChampionshipsStade Germain Comarmond
Bambous, Mauritius
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(1st)
bgcolor=pink200 mbgcolor=pinkDQ (25.37)
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(1st)
bgcolor=pink100 m hurdlesbgcolor=pinkDQ (14.28)
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(1st)
bgcolor=pink400 m hurdlesbgcolor=pinkDQ (58.45)
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(1st)
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World ChampionshipsOlympiastadion
Berlin, Germany
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(DNF semis)
bgcolor=pink400 mbgcolor=pinkDQ (52.85)
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(DNS semis)
bgcolor=pink400 m hurdlesbgcolor=pinkDQ (55.80)
2015World ChampionshipsBeijing National Stadium
Beijing, China
33rd (h)400 m hurdles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amaka Ogoegbunam. IAAF . 25 August 2015. 25 August 2015.
  2. http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-400H-W-h----.RS6.pdf?v=881425648 Heats results
  3. Turner, Chris (21 August 2009). IAAF DAILY MEDIA BRIEFING - Aug 21 - Berlin 2009. IAAF. Retrieved on 22 August 2009
  4. Web site: Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an anti-doping rule violation September 2010 . IAAF . 4 September 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121026103035/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Antidoping/SanctionedAthletes/05/61/97/20100909012252_httppostedfile_Athletescurrentlysuspendedasat9.9.10_22292.pdf . 26 October 2012 .
  5. Web site: IAAF News 2010, Issue 109-118. iaaf.org . IAAF. 4 September 2015.