Surita Febbraio (born 27 December 1973) is a South African hurdler. She won a silver medal at the

1999 All-Africa Games The 7th All-Africa Games were held from September 10, 1999, to September 19, 1999, in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa. 53 countries participated in eighteen sports. Netball was included as a demonstration sport. The South Africans hosted abou ...

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 The 3rd IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Stade Louis II, in Monte Carlo, Monaco on September 9, and September 10, 2005. The hammer throw event for men and women had to take place in Szombathely, Hungary on September 3 as the Monaco stad ...

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

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...

. In 2006 Febbraio was found guilty of

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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

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suspension from March 2006 to March 2008.

Awards

*2003 –

University of Pretoria The University of Pretoria ( af, Universiteit van Pretoria, nso, Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public university, public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university was ...

Sports woman of the yearweb.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=11036

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* 1973 births Living people South African female hurdlers Olympic athletes for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa Doping cases in athletics South African sportspeople in doping cases University of Pretoria alumni African Games silver medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games 21st-century South African women 20th-century South African women {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub

Awards

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