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Zerfe WONDEMAGEGN

Zerfe WONDEMAGEGN - Ethiopia - 4th in steeplechase at 2023 World Champs.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 27 August 2023

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Saturday, 26 October 2002
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Ethiopia.
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Ethiopia
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Zerfe WONDEMAGEGN - Ethiopia - 4th in steeplechase at 2023 World Champs.

Twenty year old Zerfe Wondemagegn running in the final of the

women's 3,000 metres steeplchase.

 


2023 World Athletics Championships, Budapest, Hungary.

Final women's 3,000 metres steeplechase.


1st place, gold medalist(s) Winfred Mutile Yavi  Bahrain (BHR) 8:54.29 WL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Beatrice Chepkoech  Kenya (KEN) 8:58.98 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Faith Cherotich  Kenya (KEN) 9:00.69 PB
4 Zerfe Wondemagegn  Ethiopia (ETH) 9:05.51
5 Alice Finot  France (FRA) 9:06.15 NR
6 Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek  Slovenia (SLO) 9:06.37 NR
7 Peruth Chemutai  Uganda (UGA) 9:10.26 PB
8 Luiza Gega  Albania (ALB) 9:10.27 SB

In October 2023, the Athletics Integrity Unit suspended Wondemagegn

due to the presence of EPO, in a sample taken from the athlete.

In November 2023 a further prohibited substance was found, testosterone,

leading to a further concurrent suspension.