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Born | Makeni, Sierra Leone | 18 May 1987
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
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Sport | Track and field |
Event | sprinter |
Solomon Bockarie (born 18 May 1987), sometimes Solomon Bayoh (born 18 May 1990), [1] is a male Dutch sprinter. He competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. [2] He competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics. [3]
He was born in Makeni, Sierra Leone and is a naturalised Dutch citizen.
Bayoh represented Sierra Leone at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 200 metres and placed eighth in his first round heat in a time of 22.16 seconds, which was not enough to advance to the second round. [1] He was one of three competitors at the Olympics competing for Sierra Leone. Michaela Kargbo and Saidu Kargbo were the others. [4] He again represented his birth nation at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [5]
In 2022, he failed an out-of-contest drugs test, on the basis of testing positive for the growth hormone GHRP-2; he has claimed that this was due to eating chicken contaminated with the hormone. [6] [7]
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Personal information | |
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Born | Makeni, Sierra Leone | 18 May 1987
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | sprinter |
Solomon Bockarie (born 18 May 1987), sometimes Solomon Bayoh (born 18 May 1990), [1] is a male Dutch sprinter. He competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. [2] He competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics. [3]
He was born in Makeni, Sierra Leone and is a naturalised Dutch citizen.
Bayoh represented Sierra Leone at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 200 metres and placed eighth in his first round heat in a time of 22.16 seconds, which was not enough to advance to the second round. [1] He was one of three competitors at the Olympics competing for Sierra Leone. Michaela Kargbo and Saidu Kargbo were the others. [4] He again represented his birth nation at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [5]
In 2022, he failed an out-of-contest drugs test, on the basis of testing positive for the growth hormone GHRP-2; he has claimed that this was due to eating chicken contaminated with the hormone. [6] [7]