Mouhamadou Fall

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Mouhamadou Fall
Personal information
Full nameMouhamadou Fall N’dao
Born (1992-02-25) February 25, 1992 (age 33)
Beaumont-sur-Oise, France
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Event Sprinter

Mouhamadou Fall (born 25 February 1992 in Beaumont-sur-Oise) is a French sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.

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Fall is currently serving an 18-month ban due to expire in July 2026 for an anti-doping rule violation.

Career

He finished third at the 2019 European Team Championships [1] and competed at the 2019 World Championships without reaching the final. He also became French champion in 2019.

In the 4 × 100 metres relay he finished fourth at the 2018 European Championships [1] and fifth at the 2019 IAAF World Relays.

His personal best times are 10.12 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in July 2019 in Saint-Etienne; and 20.34 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2019 in Saint-Etienne. [1]

Fall served a nine-month ban from April 2024 to January 2025 for an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for heptaminol in July 2023. [2] [3] In September 2024, Fall was issued with an 18-month ban set to expire in July 2026 for a second anti-doping rule violation for whereabouts failures (missed tests or filing ommissions). [4] The two sanactions also resulted in the Fall's disqualification of dozens of races from June 2022 to April 2024.

Personal life

Born in France, Fall is of Senegalese descent. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mouhamadou Fall at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Dopage - Le sprinteur français Mouhamadou Fall suspendu neuf mois". Eurosport (in French). 21 March 2025.
  3. "Le sprinteur français Mouhamadou Fall, suspendu neuf mois, ne participera pas aux Jeux olympiques de Paris". Le Monde (in French). 29 April 2024.
  4. "Athlétisme : déjà épinglé pour dopage, le sprinteur Mouhamadou Fall suspendu 18 mois pour avoir manqué trois contrôles". Le Parisien (in French). 19 September 2024.
  5. "Championnats d'Europe en salle : les athlètes ultramarins et afro-français de la sélection française".