Annet Negesa (born 24 April 1992) is a

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...

n former

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

who specialised in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

. She broke Ugandan national records in the 800 m and the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

as a teenager and was a three-time national champion at the Ugandan Athletics Championships. She represented her country at the

2011 World Championships in Athletics The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011. The United States topped the medal standings in th ...

and was the 800 m gold medallist at the

2011 All-Africa Games The 10th All-Africa Games took place between September 3–18, 2011 in Maputo, Mozambique. Maputo's hosting marked the third time the Games was held in the southern part of the continent. Host awarding In April 2005, Lusaka, Zambia was named t ...

. As a junior (under-20) athlete, she won a team bronze medal at the

2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships were held at Myślęcinek Park in Bydgoszcz, Poland on 28 March 2010. It was the first time in over twenty years that Poland hosted the annual championships, having previously held them in Warsaw i ...

, an 800 m bronze at the

2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes under the age of 20 which was held at the Moncton Stadium in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada from 19 to 25 July 2010. A total of 44 athletics ...

, and two gold medals at the

2011 African Junior Athletics Championships The 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships were held at the University of Botswana Stadium in Gaborone, Botswana from 12 to 15 May. It was the tenth edition of the continental athletics tournament for African athletes aged 19 years or younger ...

. She was named 2011 Athlete of the Year by

Uganda Athletics Federation Uganda Athletic Federation (UAF) is a World Athletics recognised member officially representing Uganda as the sports governing body, national governing body for the sport of Athletics (sport), Athletics. History The country of Uganda gained indepen ...

. Negesa has an XY

difference of sex development Disorders of sex development (DSDs), also known as differences in sex development, diverse sex development and variations in sex characteristics (VSC), are congenital conditions affecting the reproductive system, in which development of chromos ...

which results in high levels of testosterone in her body. Under rules set by the

International Association of Athletics Federations World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ...

(IAAF), she had to reduce her testosterone levels in order to compete in the women's category. Negesa said the purpose of the surgery had been misrepresented to her, having been compared to an injection. The inadequate medical aftercare and physical and mental damage resulting from the surgery effectively ended her career. She returned to the track at the 2017 Ugandan Championships but completed the

in 5:06.18 – nearly a minute below her best and a time which ranked her as a club level runner rather than an elite athlete.Annet Negesa
IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-29.

International competitions

National titles

* Ugandan Athletics Championships **800 m: 2011 **1500 m: 2009, 2011

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Negesa, Annet 1992 births Living people People from Iganga District Ugandan female middle-distance runners Commonwealth Games competitors for Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games African Games gold medalists for Uganda African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Uganda Intersex sportspeople Intersex women 21st-century LGBT people

International competitions

National titles

See also

References

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