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'''Mokgadi Caster Semenya''' [[Order of Ikhamanga|OIB]] (born 7 January 1991) is a South African [[middle-distance runner]] and winner of two [[Olympic medal|Olympic gold medals]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Caster Semenya Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/caster-semenya|access-date=2021-10-15|publisher=International Olympic Committee}}</ref> and three [[World Athletics Championships|World Championships]] in the women's [[800 metres]].<!--There is clear consensus, per policy, that Semenya should be referred to with she/her pronouns. Please DO NOT change this without reading the reasons why and, if you still feel it is warranted, discussing on the talk page first--> She first won gold at the World Championships [[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|in 2009]] and went on to win at the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|2016 Olympics]] and the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics|2017 World Championships]], where she also won a bronze medal in the [[1500 metres]]. After the [[performance-enhancing drugs|doping]] disqualification of [[Mariya Savinova]], she was also awarded gold medals for the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|2011 World Championships]] and the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|2012 Olympics]].<ref name="BBC News1">{{cite news|title=Rio Olympics 2016: Caster Semenya wins 800m gold for South Africa|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/36691465|publisher=BBC|access-date=23 September 2016|work=BBC Sport|date=21 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.enca.com/sport/caster-semenya-awarded-gold-for-800m-at-2012-london-games |title=Caster Semenya awarded gold for 800m at 2012 London Games |website=[[eNCA]] |date=10 February 2017 |access-date=21 February 2017 |archive-date=22 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222055301/http://www.enca.com/sport/caster-semenya-awarded-gold-for-800m-at-2012-london-games |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/feb/10/caster-semenya-given-london-2012-gold-after-rival-is-stripped-title-mariya-savinova-farnosova |title=Caster Semenya given London 2012 gold medal after rival is stripped of title |work=The Guardian |date=10 February 2017}}</ref>
Following Semenya's victory at the 2009 World Championships, she was made to undergo [[Sex verification in sports|sex testing]], and cleared to return to competition the following year.<ref name="ReturnTrack">{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hMudI8ByYmbiNVB4ofKjep_IT_kQD9GPJLSO0 |title=Semenya cleared to return to track immediately |access-date=6 July 2010 |agency=Associated Press |date=6 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709190844/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hMudI8ByYmbiNVB4ofKjep_IT_kQD9GPJLSO0 |archive-date=9 July 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/jul/06/caster-semenya-iaaf-clearance|title=Caster Semenya may return to track this month after IAAF clearance|access-date=6 July 2010|work=The Guardian|date=6 July 2010 | location=London | first=Anna | last=Kessel}}</ref> The decision to perform sex testing sparked controversy in the sporting world and in Semenya's home country of [[South Africa]]. Later reports disclosed that Semenya has the [[intersex]] condition [[5α-Reductase 2 deficiency]] and natural [[testosterone]] levels in the typical male range.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Ingle |first1=Sean |author-link=Sean Ingle |date=18 June 2019 |title=Caster Semenya accuses IAAF of using her as a 'guinea pig experiment' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jun/18/caster-semenya-iaaf-athletics-guinea-pig |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221125856/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jun/18/caster-semenya-iaaf-athletics-guinea-pig |archive-date=21 February 2024 |access-date=24 May 2021 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=15 November 2023 |title=Caster Semenya Q&A: Who is she and why is her case important? |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/67367157 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221125846/https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/67367157 |archive-date=21 February 2024 |access-date=19 March 2024 |work=[[BBC Sport]]}}</ref>
==Early life and education==
Semenya was born in Ga-Masehlong, a village in South Africa near [[Polokwane]]
Semenya attended Nthema Secondary School and the [[University of North West]] as a [[sports science]] student.<ref name="Times">{{cite news |url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/athletics/article6802314.ece |title=Caster Semenya faces sex test before she can claim victory |work=[[The Times]]|date=19 August 2009 |access-date=20 August 2009 | location=London | first=Owen | last=Slot}}</ref><ref>Lucas, Ryan (22 August 2009). [http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10963679 SAfrican in gender flap gets gold for 800 win]{{dead link|date=September 2011}} ''www.wistv.com''. Associated Press.</ref> She began running as training for [[association football]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=1057364|title=Hero Caster's road to gold|last=Prince |first=Chandre|date=29 August 2009|work=The Times|access-date=30 August 2009}}{{dead link|date=September 2011}}</ref> {{external media|width=210px|float=right|headerimage=|video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-UX0LE_tCg "Too Fast to Be a Woman The Story of Caster Semenya"], Maxx Ginane|video2=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MqeoSxSy3w "Dorcas and Caster Semenya"], P&G|video3=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiCftTLUzCI "The problem with sex testing in sports"], [[Vox (website)|Vox]]}} == Intersex condition ==
Although Semenya was [[assigned female at birth]],<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Ingle |first=Sean |date=21 July 2022 |title=Caster Semenya out of world 5,000m as Coe signals tougher female sport rules |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/21/caster-semenya-out-of-world-5000m-as-coe-signals-tougher-female-sport-rules |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505000339/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/21/caster-semenya-out-of-world-5000m-as-coe-signals-tougher-female-sport-rules |archive-date=5 May 2024 |access-date=15 May 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="BC">{{cite news |date=21 August 2009 |title=Birth certificate backs SA gender |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8215112.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116225804/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8215112.stm |archive-date=16 November 2023 |access-date=21 August 2009 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> she has the [[intersex]] condition [[5α-Reductase 2 deficiency]] (5-ARD).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> This condition only affects genetic males with [[XY sex-determination system|XY chromosomes]]. Individuals with 5-ARD have normal male internal structures that are not fully [[Virilization|masculinised]] during the [[development of the reproductive system]] in utero, due to low levels of the hormone [[dihydrotestosterone]] (DHT). As a result, the external [[Sex organ|genitalia]] may appear ambiguous or female at birth.<ref name="Randall">{{Cite journal |last=Randall |first=Valerie Anne |date=1994 |title=9 Role of 5α-reductase in health and disease |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950351X05802599 |journal=Baillière's Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=405-431 |doi=10.1016/S0950-351X(05)80259-9 |issn=0950-351X |access-date=2023-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Okeigwe |first=Ijeoma |last2=Kuohung |first2=Wendy |date=December 2014 |title=5-Alpha reductase deficiency: a 40-year retrospective review |url=https://journals.lww.com/01266029-201412000-00009 |journal=Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Obesity |language=en |volume=21 |issue=6 |pages=483–487 |doi=10.1097/MED.0000000000000116 |issn=1752-296X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=5-alpha reductase deficiency: MedlinePlus Genetics |url=https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/5-alpha-reductase-deficiency/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109234943/https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/5-alpha-reductase-deficiency/ |archive-date=January 9, 2024 |access-date=March 26, 2024 |website=[[MedlinePlus]] |language=en}}</ref>
Semenya has said that she was born with a [[vagina]] and internal [[cryptorchidism|undescended testes]], but that she has no [[uterus]] or [[fallopian tube]]s and does not [[Menstruation|menstruate]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Golodryga |first=Bianna |last2=Church |first2=Ben |last3=Hullah |first3=Henry |date=6 November 2023 |title=Caster Semenya says she went through ‘hell’ due to testosterone limits imposed on female athletes |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/06/sport/caster-semenya-totestosterone-limits-world-athletics-spt-intl/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115205621/https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/06/sport/caster-semenya-totestosterone-limits-world-athletics-spt-intl/index.html |archive-date=15 January 2024 |access-date=19 March 2024 |work=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Semenya |first=Caster |date=28 October 2023 |title=‘You are not here for a doping test. You are here for a gender test’: athlete Caster Semenya on how her life changed for ever |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/oct/28/athlete-caster-semenya-memoir-race-to-be-myself-extract |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221125846/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/oct/28/athlete-caster-semenya-memoir-race-to-be-myself-extract |archive-date=21 February 2024 |access-date=19 March 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Her internal testes produce natural [[testosterone]] levels in the typical male range.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="NYT2023">{{cite news |last1=Semenya |first1=Caster |date=21 October 2023 |title=Running in a Body That’s My Own |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/opinion/running-body-semenya.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028100847/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/opinion/running-body-semenya.html |archive-date=28 October 2023 |access-date=28 October 2023 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Semenya has rejected the label of "intersex", calling herself "a different kind of woman."<ref name="NYT2023" />
==Career==
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Caster Semenya was chosen to carry the country's flag during the opening ceremony of the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.cbssports.com/olympics/blog/eye-on-olympics/19635298/caster-semenya-rightly-chosen-to-bear-south-africas-flag-at-opening-ceremony|title= Caster Semenya rightly chosen to bear South Africa's flag at opening ceremony|work=CBS Sports|date=22 July 2012}}</ref> She later won a silver medal in the women's 800 metres of these games, with a time of 1:57.23 seconds, her season's best. She passed six competitors in the last 150 metres, but did not pass world champion [[Mariya Savinova]] of Russia, who took gold in a time of 1:56.19, finishing 1.04 seconds before Semenya.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Olympics2012/Caster-clinches-silver-medal-20120811|title= Caster clinches silver medal|publisher=Sport24|date=11 August 2012}}</ref> During the BBC coverage after the race, former British hurdler [[Colin Jackson]] raised the question whether Semenya had thrown the race, as the time that had been run was well within her capability,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/sport/london2012/2012/08/20128141579963464.html|title=Semenya: 'I tried my best': South African silver medallist hits back at allegations she did not try to win 800-metre race at the Olympics|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=14 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/semenya-denies-trying-win-olympic-title-124855301.html|title=Olympic Games – Semenya denies trying not to win Olympic title|date=14 August 2012|work=Yahoo Sport}}</ref> though in fact Semenya had at that point only once in her life run faster than Savinova's winning time, when winning the 2009 World Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/w_800ok.htm |work=Track and Field all-time |title=All-time women's best 800 m |access-date=3 June 2014}}</ref>
In November 2015, the [[World Anti-Doping Agency]] recommended Savinova and four other Russian athletes be given a lifetime ban for doping violations at the Olympics.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gibson|first1=Owen|title=Russia accused of 'state-sponsored doping' as Wada calls for athletics ban|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/nov/09/wada-iaaf-russia-dick-pound-banned|access-date=9 November 2015|work=The Guardian|date=9 November 2015}}</ref> On 10 February 2017, the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] (CAS) officially disqualified Savinova's results backdated to July 2010. The [[International Olympic Committee]] reallocated the London 2012 medals, and Semenya's silver was upgraded to gold.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/38931007 |title=Mariya Savinova: Russian London 2012 gold medallist stripped of title |publisher=BBC |date=10 February 2017 |access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/ioc-ready-to-strip-medals-from-russians-1.391476|title=IOC ready to strip medals from Russians|work=TSN|date=10 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.olympic.org/london-2012/athletics/800m-women|title=London 2012 800m women – Olympic Athletics|date=6 September 2018|work=International Olympic Committee|access-date=23 November 2018|language=en}}</ref>
===2015 testosterone rule change ===
The IAAF policy on high natural levels of [[testosterone]] in women, that had been in place since 2011<ref>{{cite news |title=What is an intersex athlete? Explaining the case of Caster Semenya |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jul/29/what-is-an-intersex-athlete-explaining-the-case-of-caster-semenya |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=29 July 2016}}</ref> was suspended following the case of ''[[Dutee Chand]] v. Athletics Federation of India (AFI) & The International Association of Athletics Federations'', in the
===2016===
On 16 April, Semenya became the first person to win all three of the 400 m, 800 m, and 1500 m titles at the South African National Championships, setting world leading marks of 50.74 and 1:58.45 in the first two events, and a 4:10.93 in the 1500 m, all within a nearly four-hour span of each other.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Athletics/South-Africa/semenya-makes-history-at-nationals-20160416|title=Semenya makes history at nationals|publisher=Sport24|date=16 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://liveresults.co.za/women-1500-meters-final|title=Caster Semenya South African National Olympic Trials 1500 meters results|access-date=15 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426042924/http://liveresults.co.za/women-1500-meters-final/|archive-date=26 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 16 July, she set a new national record for 800 metres of 1:55:33.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rio Olympics 2016: Caster Semenya wins 800m gold for South Africa|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/36691465|publisher=bbc.com|access-date=23 September 2016|work=BBC Sport|date=21 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Caster SEMENYA {{!}} Profile|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/south-africa/caster-semenya-14330057|website=worldathletics.org|access-date=28 May 2020}}</ref> On 20 August, she won the gold medal in the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|women's 800 metres at the
Semenya set a new personal best for the 400 m of 50.40 at the 2016 Memorial Van Damme track and field meet in Brussels.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/09/results-2016-memorial-van-damme-brussels-diamond-league-results/|title=Results: 2016 Memorial Van Damme / Brussels Diamond League Results |date=9 September 2016|newspaper=LetsRun.com|language=en-US|access-date=12 October 2016}}</ref>
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===2018 testosterone rule change===
In April 2018, the IAAF announced new rules effective 8 May 2019 that applied to athletes with certain [[disorders of sex development]] (DSDs) that result in androgen sensitivity and testosterone levels above 5 nmol/L. Under the new rules, these athletes would be required to take medication to lower their testosterone levels below the 5 nmol/L threshold for at least six months in order to compete in the female classification for certain events.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2018/04/25/caster-semenya-forced-lower-testosterone-levels-face-800m-ban/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2018/04/25/caster-semenya-forced-lower-testosterone-levels-face-800m-ban/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Caster Semenya to be forced to lower testosterone levels or face 800m ban|first=Ben|last=Bloom|date=25 April 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk|newspaper=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/43890575|title=Caster Semenya expected to be affected by IAAF rule changes|date=26 April 2018|work=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/eligibility-regulations-for-female-classifica|title=IAAF introduces new eligibility regulations for female classification |date=26 April 2018|publisher=[[World Athletics|IAAF]]|location=Monaco|access-date=9 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/about-iaaf/documents/health-science|title=IAAF Eligibility Regulations for the Female Classification (Athletes with Differences of Sex Development) in force as from 8 May 2019|date=1 June 2019}}</ref
In a report explaining its decision, the IAAF
The IAAF's changes applied to eight different events—including the [[400 metres|400m]], [[800 metres|800m]], and [[1500 metres|1500m]], which Semenya regularly competed in.<ref name="CAS summary" /> [[Sports science|Sports scientist]] Ross Tucker estimated that the new rules could make Semenya "five to seven seconds slower over 800 metres."<ref name=":2">{{cite news |last=Ingle |first=Sean |date=26 April 2018 |title=New IAAF testosterone rules could slow Caster Semenya by up to seven seconds |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/apr/25/iaaf-testosterone-rules-caster-semenya |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123104953/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/apr/25/iaaf-testosterone-rules-caster-semenya |archive-date=23 November 2023 |access-date=8 April 2024 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>
===2019 football career===
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== Legal cases against World Athletics ==
In June 2018, Semenya announced that she would legally challenge the IAAF rules, calling them "discriminatory, irrational, [and] unjustifiable".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Longman |first1=Jeré |date=18 June 2018 |title=Caster Semenya Will Challenge Testosterone Rule in Court |
The case divided legal and scientific commentators. [[Duke University School of Law|Duke Law School]] professor and former middle-distance runner [[Doriane Lambelet Coleman]] argued that the organization's rules guaranteed a "protected space" for female athletes. Physician and genetics researcher [[Eric Vilain]] argued in favor of Semenya, claiming that "sex is not defined by one particular parameter... it's so difficult to exclude women who've always lived their entire lives as women."<ref>{{Cite news
In May 2019, the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] rejected Semenya's challenge in a 2–1 decision, paving the way for the new rules to come into effect.
That same month, Semenya appealed the decision to the [[Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland]]. The court provisionally suspended the World Athletics rules while deciding whether to issue an [[interlocutory injunction]] in June
The Swiss supreme court ultimately
In February 2021, Semenya again appealed the case to the [[European Court of Human Rights]].<ref>{{cite news |
After a request from the Swiss government, Semenya's case was referred to the ECHR's [[Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights|Grand Chamber]] in November 2023 for a final ruling.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 November 2023 |title=Semenya case referred to European rights court's grand chamber |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/athletics/semenya-case-referred-european-rights-courts-grand-chamber-2023-11-06/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112065615/https://www.reuters.com/sports/athletics/semenya-case-referred-european-rights-courts-grand-chamber-2023-11-06/ |archive-date=12 November 2023 |access-date=19 March 2024 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>
==Competition record==
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In 2010, the British magazine ''[[New Statesman]]'' included Semenya in its annual list of "50 People That Matter" for unintentionally instigating "an international and often ill-tempered debate on gender politics, feminism, and race, becoming an inspiration to gender campaigners around the world".<ref name="htanna">{{cite web|title=Caster Semenya – 50 people that matter 2010|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/2010/09/intersex-symbol-caster-semenya|access-date=15 October 2010}}</ref>
In 2012, Semenya was awarded South African Sportswoman of the Year Award at the SA Sports Awards in [[Sun City, North West|Sun City]]. Semenya received the bronze [[Order of Ikhamanga]] on 27 April 2014, as part of [[Freedom Day (South Africa)|Freedom Day]] festivities.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.enca.com/south-africa/zuma-presents-national-orders-pretoria|title = Zuma presents National Orders in Pretoria|date = 27 April 2014|publisher = eNCA|access-date = 15 May 2014|archive-date = 13 October 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191013121348/https://www.enca.com/south-africa/zuma-presents-national-orders-pretoria|url-status = dead}}</ref
Semenya married her long-term partner, [[Violet Raseboya]], in December 2015 (traditional ceremony) and January 2017 (civil ceremony).<ref>{{cite web | title = Caster Semenya has stirring words for her critics after winning women's 800m | url = https://www.smh.com.au/sport/olympics/rio-2016/olympics-athletics/caster-semenya-has-stirring-words-for-her-critics-after-winning-womens-800m-20160821-gqxm1n.html | work = [[Sydney Morning Herald]] | date = 21 August 2016 | access-date = 23 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="st2016r">{{cite web| url = http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/stnews/2016/04/24/WATCH-Caster-on-love-Rio-and-playing-for-Banyana | title = WATCH: Caster on love, Rio and playing for Banyana | work = [[The Sunday Times (South Africa)|The Sunday Times]]| date = 24 April 2016 | access-date = 23 August 2016}}</ref><ref name='N24'>{{cite news | author = Faeza | title = PICTURES: Caster Semenya and Violet Raseboya's are now married | url = https://www.news24.com/MoveMag/Archive/pictures-caster-semenya-and-violet-raseboyas-are-now-married-20170728 | work = [[News24 (website)|News24]] | date = 9 January 2017 | access-date = 30 May 2019 | archive-date = 30 May 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190530131810/https://www.news24.com/MoveMag/Archive/pictures-caster-semenya-and-violet-raseboyas-are-now-married-20170728 | url-status = dead }}</ref> They
In October 2016, the IAAF announced that Semenya was shortlisted for women's 2016 [[World Athlete of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/world-athlete-year-2016-voting | title = Nominees announced for World Athlete of the Year | work = IAAF | date = 18 October 2016}}</ref>
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Semenya was named one of [[Time (magazine)|Time]] magazine's ''100 Most Influential People of 2019''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Caster Semenya: The 100 Most Influential People of 2019|url=https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567679/caster-semenya/|access-date=2020-09-22|magazine=TIME|language=en-us}}</ref>
Semenya was one of the athletes whose cases were profiled in [[Phyllis Ellis]]'s 2022 documentary film ''[[Category Woman|Category: Woman]]''.<ref>[https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/new-canadian-documentary-presents-caster-semenya-story-in-human-rights-terms/ "New Canadian documentary explores Caster Semenya story in human-rights terms"]. ''Canadian Running'', April 29, 2022.</ref>
In 2023, #Merky Books (an imprint of [[Penguin Random House]] UK) published Semenya's memoir, titled ''The Race to Be Myself''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shaffi |first1=Sarah |title=Caster Semenya to publish ‘unflinching’ memoir with Stormzy’s #Merky Books |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620022002/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jun/02/caster-semenya-to-publish-unflinching-memoir-stormzy-merky-books-race-to-be-myself |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jun/02/caster-semenya-to-publish-unflinching-memoir-stormzy-merky-books-race-to-be-myself |archive-date=2023-06-20 |access-date=2023-10-28|website=[[The Guardian]] |date=2023-06-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Jen A. |date=2023-10-31 |title=Caster Semenya: ‘I’m Still a Woman’ |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/31/books/review/caster-semenya-the-race-to-be-myself.html |access-date=2023-11-09 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Jen A. |date=Published Oct. 31, 2023 |title=Caster Semenya: ‘I’m Still a Woman’ |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/31/books/review/caster-semenya-the-race-to-be-myself.html}}</ref>▼
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==See also==
*[[Dutee Chand]]
*[[Ewa Kłobukowska]]
*[[Maria José Martínez-Patiño]]
*[[Francine Niyonsaba]]
*[[Santhi Soundarajan]]
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