Caster Semenya

Caster Semenya is a South African middle-distance runner and gold medalist (800 metres, 2009 World Championships in Athletics). In the 2009 African Junior Championships Semenya won both the 800 m and 1500 m races with the times of 1:56.72 and 4:08.01 respectively. With that race she improved her 800 m personal best by seven seconds in less than nine months, including four seconds in that race alone.

Semenya attended Nthema Secondary School and now attends Pretoria University as a first-year sports science student.Semenya began running as a way to train for association football. Her dedication to constant self-improvement is what has made her a champion, and she has also shown that she is capable of grace under extreme fire.

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