Musa Amer Obaid ( ar, موسى عامر عبيد; born April 18, 1985, in
Kenya
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) is a
middle distance runner
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mainly competing in
steeplechase. He was born Moses Kipkirui, but represents
Qatar
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after changing nationality from his birth country
Kenya
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Musa Amer finished fourth in the
3000 metres steeplechase at the
2004 Summer Olympics in a personal best time of 8:07.18 minutes, having won the silver medal at the
World Junior Championships a month earlier. In 2005 he finished ninth at the
World Championships
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and seventh at the
World Athletics Final
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In 2006 Musa Amer was found guilty of
testosterone
Testosterone is the primary sex hormone and anabolic steroid in males. In humans, testosterone plays a key role in the development of male reproductive tissues such as testes and prostate, as well as promoting secondary sexual characteristi ...
doping. The sample was delivered on 14 June 2006 in an
IAAF out-of-competition test in
Ifrane
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,
Morocco
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. He received an IAAF suspension from September 2006 to September 2008.
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See also
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List of doping cases in athletics
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Organizations
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References
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1985 births
Living people
Qatari male middle-distance runners
Kenyan male middle-distance runners
Kenyan male steeplechase runners
Qatari male steeplechase runners
Olympic athletes of Qatar
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Qatar
Kenyan emigrants to Qatar
Naturalised citizens of Qatar
Kenyan sportspeople in doping cases
Qatari sportspeople in doping cases
Doping cases in athletics
Qatari people of Kenyan descent
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