Kariem Hussein (born 4 January 1989) is a Swiss athlete who specialises in the

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. His first major success was the gold medal at the 2014 European Championships in Zürich. His personal best in the event is 48.45, set at a meeting in Zug in 2015 and again at

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in 2017. It is also technically his fastest flat 400m because he has not attempted the distance since 2009 when his PR was 48.58. Hussein was born in

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ian and his mother is Swiss.

Doping

On 23 July 2021 he was banned by the Swiss Anti-Doping Agency from competing for 9 months, after a banned substance (

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) was confirmed in the probes taken from him. This decision meant Hussein missed the

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in Tokyo.Positiver Dopingtest: Kariem Hussein verpasst Olympia
at

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, 23 July 2021.

Competition record

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* * Living people Swiss male hurdlers 1989 births People from Kreuzlingen District Swiss people of Egyptian descent World Athletics Championships athletes for Switzerland European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Switzerland Doping cases in athletics Swiss sportspeople in doping cases Sportspeople from Thurgau {{Switzerland-athletics-bio-stub