Amewu Mensah (born 21 March 1977) is a German

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er of Ghanaian descent. At the 1999 World Championships she reached the final, but failed to clear the opening height there. In June 2000 in

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she achieved a career best jump of 1.94 metres. Two months later she finished eighth at the

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, equalling her personal best result. She became German champion in 2000 and won her only national indoor medal in the same year, a silver medal. She represented the clubs

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and

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. In June 2001, again in Rehlingen, she tested positive for the anabolic steroid oxandrolone. She received a suspension from the sport which lasted between July 2001 and July 2003.

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* 1977 births Living people German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent German female high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany German sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics LG Bayer Leverkusen athletes OSC Berlin athletes {{Germany-highjump-bio-stub

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