Caster Semenya

Caster Semenya is a South African middle-distance runner and Olympic champion whose eligibility for women’s events has been disputed under athletics regulations.

2009 World Athletics Championships: The global track-and-field championships held in Berlin in 2009. Semenya won the 800 metres here, amid the beginning of public scrutiny over her eligibility.
World Athletics: The international governing body for track and field, road running, race walking, and cross-country. It sets the regulations governing Semenya’s eligibility in international women’s events.
Mokgadi Caster Semenya: A South African middle-distance runner and two-time Olympic 800-metre champion. She is the athlete whose competition rights and eligibility are at issue.
Sex verification in sports: Procedures used by sports organizations to determine eligibility for sex-based competition categories. Semenya’s dispute is part of a longer history of sex classification in elite athletics.
2012 Summer Olympics: The international multi-sport event held in London in 2012. Semenya won the 800-metre silver medal, later upgraded to gold after the original winner’s disqualification.
Differences of sex development: A group of congenital conditions in which reproductive or sexual anatomy develops differently from typical patterns. Semenya’s eligibility dispute involves a variation in sex development and its classification under sport rules.
Sebastian Coe: A British former middle-distance runner and president of World Athletics since 2015. As the governing body’s president, he has publicly defended its eligibility framework.
Sex testing in the Olympics: Policies and procedures used by the Olympic movement to verify athletes’ eligibility for sex categories. Earlier testing regimes provide historical context for the scrutiny surrounding Semenya.
2016 Summer Olympics: The international multi-sport event held in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Semenya won the 800 metres, her first Olympic gold in the event.
Testosterone: A steroid hormone involved in reproductive development, muscle growth, and other bodily functions. The contested rules use testosterone concentration as an eligibility criterion for specified events.

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