Surita Febbraio

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Surita Febbraio
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Brazzaville 400 m hurdles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2004 Brazzaville 4×400 m

Surita Febbraio (born 27 December 1973) is a South African hurdler.

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She won a silver medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg, finished eighth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, won the 2004 African Championships in Brazzaville and finished eighth at the 2005 World Athletics Final in Monaco.

Her personal best time is 54.05 seconds, achieved in April 2003 in Pretoria.

In 2006 Febbraio was found guilty of testosterone doping. The sample containing the banned substance was delivered on 13 December 2005 in an out-of-competition test in South Africa. She received an IAAF suspension from March 2006 to March 2008. [1]

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References

  1. "Doping Rule Violation". IAAF. 25 August 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2006.
  2. web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=11036

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