OMURWA Ferdinand

Kenya

Athletics

Date of Birth: 2 Jan 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Place of residence : NAIROBI

Residence Country:

Kenya

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 100m

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m Round 1 - Heat 5	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m Semi-Final 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 200m
2017	Nassau, BAH	7th

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Nickname:

Ferdi (Facebook profile, 23 May 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Model, Student

Education:

Chemistry - University of Nairobi, Kenya

Family:

Partner Amluv Lavesh, son Quinton [2018]

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Global Athletics For Peace [Kenya]

Sporting relatives:

His father Dishon was a sprinter and competed at collegiate level in Kenya in the 1980s. (Facebook profile, 16 May 2021)

Start:

He began athletics in 2016 after switching from rugby. (bbc.co.uk, 13 Apr 2021)

Reason:

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to run the 100m in under 10 seconds. (bbc.co.uk, 13 Apr 2021; Twitter profile, 19 May 2021)

Memorable:

Competing at the 2017 World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas. (Twitter profile, 19 May 2021)

Hero:

Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake. (Twitter profile, 19 May 2021)

Philosophy:

"You should never give up no matter how hard life's blows get. Keep up the hard work, which will pay off one day." (Twitter profile, 19 May 2021)

General Interest

General
SANCTION
In 2017 he received a 14-month suspension after testing positive for the prohibited substance betamethasone. He claimed to have ingested the substance in painkillers prescribed by a doctor following an injury. The Kenyan Sports Disputes Tribunal [SDT] accepted that he did not have "any intent to cheat or deliberately ingest a substance for purposes of enhancing performance", but found that he should have sought a therapeutic use exemption [TUE] and should have disclosed the medication on a doping control form. The STD also stated that he had relied too heavily on the word of the doctor who prescribed the medication after the doctor said the medication was not an "illegal drug". The Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya [ADAK] had applied for a two-year suspension, but following its findings, the STD decided on a 14-month suspension commencing on 14 September 2017. (bbc.co.uk, 13 Apr 2021; sportsintegrityinitiative.com, 01 Oct 2018; standardmedia.co.ke, 01 Aug 2019; adak.or.ke, 30 Aug 2018; Twitter profile, 19 May 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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