- published: 27 Aug 2015
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Mokgadi Caster Semenya Bronze OIB (born 7 January 1991) is a South African middle-distance runner and world champion. Semenya won gold in the women's 800 metres at the 2009 World Championships with a time of 1:55.45 in the final. Semenya also won silver medals at the 2011 World Championships and the 2012 Summer Olympics, both in the 800 metres.
Following her victory at the 2009 World Championships, it was announced that she had been subjected to gender testing. She was withdrawn from international competition until 6 July 2010 when the IAAF cleared her to return to competition. In 2010, the British magazine New Statesman included Semenya in a list of "50 People That Matter 2010".
Semenya was born in Ga-Masehlong, a village in South Africa near Polokwane (back then called Pietersburg), and grew up in the village of Fairlie, "deep in South Africa's northern Limpopo province." She has three sisters and a brother, and is said to have been a tomboy as a child.
Too Fast to Be a Woman The Story of Caster Semenya
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Actors: Tim Arrowsmith (editor), Maxine Watson (producer), Teddy Leifer (producer), Adelene Alani (producer), Tiziano Niero (miscellaneous crew), Jo Unwin (actress), Graeme Holmes (editor), Maxx Ginnane (director), Maxx Ginnane (producer), Maxx Ginnane (writer), Nicky Bolster (producer), Salla Sorri (miscellaneous crew), John Stack (miscellaneous crew), Adam Easton (composer), Elisabeth Anna Schusser (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: As Caster Semenya achieved her dream of winning the 800m World Championship in 2009, rumours of a failed gender test spread. A vicious and voyeuristic media storm erupted and Caster's triumph was turned into public humiliation. With exclusive access, this film follows the shy teenager from a remote South African village as she struggles to come to terms with what has happened and fights to return to competition. With the support of her family and a top legal team, Caster takes the fight to the IAAF, the world's leading body for the sport of athletics. As international lawyers and eminent scientists thrash out what it means to be a woman, the 19-year-old at the centre of the storm wants only to run.
Genres: Documentary,