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(Mokgadi) Caster Semenya

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The Resume

    (January 7, 1991- )
    Born in Pietersburg, Limpopo province, South Africa
    Middle distance runner
    Zion Christian Church member
    Commonwealth Games 800 m winner (2008)
    International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships 800 m winner (2009, Berlin, gender called into question)
    Testing concluded that Semenya is a hermaphrodite (September 2009)

Why (Mokgadi) Caster Semenya might be annoying:

    Her career in association football came to a halt at age 14 — over roughhousing the other players!
    Shortly before her Berlin win (1:55.45), the IAAF wanted her to undergo gender verification. Following the win, other runners called for the same thing.
    If you spoke to her over the phone, would you think it was a woman?
    In light of the controversy, she nearly refused to take the podium (asking the national athletics president, ‘why did you bring me here? You should have left me in my village at home!’)
    At least Usain Bolt – to whom dailymail.co.uk has compared her – only has to worry about steroid testing!

Why (Mokgadi) Caster Semenya might not be annoying:

    She loved being one of the boys, relating more to the activities of her brother than of her three sisters.
    IAAF officials insisted she was to test for a medical condition related to chromosomes.
    She survived the exact same type of ordeal that claimed the career of a runner from India.
    The African National Congress nicknamed her ‘our golden girl.’

Credit: Cool It All Right?


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 13 Votes: 84.62% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 25 Votes: 76.00% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 69 Votes: 69.57% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 125 Votes: 74.40% Annoying