Zerfe Wondemagegn

Zerfe Wondemagegn
Zerfe Wondemagegn in 2023
Personal information
NationalityEthiopian
Born (2002-10-26) 26 October 2002 (age 22)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSteeplechase

Zerfe Wondemagegn (born 26 October 2002) is an Ethiopian athlete.[1] She competed in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships.[2] She competed in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

In April 2024 Wondemagegn was issued with a five year competition ban backdated to October 2023 due to an anti-doping rule violation sanction after testing positive for testosterone and EPO.[4][5] Wondemagegn also had her results from August 22, 2023 disqualified.[6]

  1. ^ "Zerfe Wondemagegn". IAAF. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  2. ^ "3000 Metres Steeplechase Women - Round 1" (PDF). IAAF (Doha 2019). Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Athletics - WONDEMAGEGN Zerfe". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Ethiopian distance runner and Olympic finalist Zerfe Wondemagegn banned 5 years for doping". AP. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  5. ^ Dickinson, Marley (22 April 2024). "Ethiopian Olympic steeplechase finalist banned five years for EPO". Canadian Running. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Decision of the Athletics Integrity Unit in the Case of Ms Zerfe Wondemagegn" (PDF). Athletics Integrity Unit. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.