Florence Ekpo-Umoh (born 27 December 1977 in
Lagos
Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ...
) is a Nigerian-German
sprinter, who specializes in the
400 m
The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...
. She was suspended from competing for two years for doping.
Career
Ekpo-Umoh last competed for her birth country Nigeria at the
1994 World Junior Championships. She defected to Germany in 1995 during a training camp there, married her German trainer in 1998 and received German citizenship in 2000. Since 1998, she represented the sports club
USC Mainz.
In 2003, Ekpo-Umoh was found guilty of
stanozolol
Stanozolol (Abbreviation, abbrev. Stz), sold under many brand names, is a synthetic androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication derived from dihydrotestosterone (DHT). It is used to treat hereditary angioedema. It was developed by American ph ...
doping. The sample was delivered on 24 January 2003 in an out-of-competition test in South Africa. She was suspended from the sport until March 2005.
Her personal best time is 51.13 seconds, achieved in June 2001 in
Stuttgart
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.
Achievements
See also
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List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found to have, or have admitted to having, taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recreational drugs or ...
References
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2008 Official Beijing Olympics profile : Ekpo-Umoh, Florence
External links
1977 births
Living people
Nigerian female sprinters
German female sprinters
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Germany
Nigerian emigrants to Germany
German sportspeople of Nigerian descent
Naturalized citizens of Germany
Athletes from Lagos
Doping cases in athletics
German sportspeople in doping cases
World Athletics Championships medalists
European Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
Olympic female sprinters
20th-century German sportswomen
21st-century German sportswomen
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