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Florence Ekpo-Umoh (born 27 December 1977 in
Lagos Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the List of cities in Africa by population, second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national ca ...
) is a Nigerian-German sprinter, who specializes in the
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. She was suspended from competing for two years for doping.


Career

Ekpo-Umoh last competed for her birth country Nigeria at the 1994 World Junior Championships. She defected to Germany in 1995 during a training camp there, married her German trainer in 1998 and received German citizenship in 2000. Since 1998, she represented the sports club USC Mainz. In 2003, Ekpo-Umoh was found guilty of
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doping. The sample was delivered on 24 January 2003 in an out-of-competition test in South Africa. She was suspended from the sport until March 2005. Her personal best time is 51.13 seconds, achieved in June 2001 in
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.


Achievements


See also

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List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found to have, or have admitted to having, taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recreational drugs or ...


References

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2008 Official Beijing Olympics profile : Ekpo-Umoh, Florence

1977 births Living people Nigerian female sprinters German female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany Nigerian emigrants to Germany German sportspeople of Nigerian descent Naturalized citizens of Germany Sportspeople from Lagos Doping cases in athletics German sportspeople in doping cases World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Olympic female sprinters {{Germany-sprint-bio-stub