Semoy Kee-Ann Hackett (born 27 November 1988) is a

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nian

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sprint athlete who competed collegiately at

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. Her personal best in the 100m is 11.09, and 22.49 in 200m. Hackett represented

Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics Trinidad and Tobago sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Its participation in the Beijing games marked its eighteenth Olympic appearance and fifteenth Summer Olympic appearance since its debut at the 1948 Sum ...

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. She competed at the

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sprint and placed fourth in her first round heat, which normally meant elimination. However, her time of 11.53 seconds was among the ten fastest losing times and she qualified for the second round. There she failed to qualify for the semi finals as her time of 11.46 was the sixth time of her race. Together with Wanda Hutson,

Ayanna Hutchinson Ayanna Hutchinson (born 18 February 1978) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago. 1978 births Living people Trinidad and Tobago female sprinters Olympic athletes for Trinidad an ...

and

Kelly-Ann Baptiste Kelly-Ann Kaylene Baptiste (born 14 October 1986) is a Tobagonian track and field sprint athlete. Junior Competing at the international level for the first time, Kelly-Ann bowed out in the semi-finals of the World Junior Championships in Athlet ...

she also took part in the 4x100 metres relay. In their first round heat they did not finish and were eliminated due to a mistake with the baton exchange. Hackett ran a relay at the

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, but was retrospectively disqualified and banned for six months because of a failed drugs test for

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at the National Championships. In November 2012, Louisiana State University reported that Hackett had again tested positive for

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at the 2012

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Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in June. LSU was forced to vacate their national championship due to the failed drug test. Hackett was given a doping ban of two-year and four months. The ban ended 30 April 2015.

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* * * 1988 births Living people Doping cases in athletics Trinidad and Tobago sportspeople in doping cases Trinidad and Tobago female sprinters Olympic athletes of Trinidad and Tobago Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games LSU Lady Tigers track and field athletes Trinidad and Tobago female athletes World Athletics Championships athletes for Trinidad and Tobago World Athletics Championships medalists Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Trinidad and Tobago Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Commonwealth Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago Olympic female sprinters {{Trinidad-athletics-bio-stub