Deborah Oluwaseun Odeyemi

Deborah Odeyemi
Personal information
Full nameDeborah Oluwaseun Odeyemi
Nationality Nigeria
Born (1995-02-21) 21 February 1995 (age 29)
Nigeria
Sport
Country Nigeria
SportAthletics
Sprint100m
200m
4x100m
Sprint medley relay
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 11.45 s (2014)
200 m: 24.49 s (2014)

Deborah Oluwaseun Odeyemi (born 21 February 1995) is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres, 200 metres, 4 x 100 metres and the sprint medley relay.[1] She competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.[2]

Doping

Odeyemi tested positive for the anabolic steroid metenolone in a sample collected at the Nigerian Championship on 30 July 2015. Her results from the 2015 World Championships in Athletics were annulled and she was handed a four-year ban from sports.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Deborah Oluwaseun Odeyemi". All Athletics. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Infostrada Sports Event Frames - SPORTS Results". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  3. ^ "IAAF News Issue 168, Positive cases in athletics Sanctioned according to information received by the IAAF as of 23 January 2016". iaaf.org. IAAF. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 20.07.16". iaaf.org. IAAF. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.


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