Solomon Bockarie

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]

Solomon Bockarie
Personal information
Born (1987-05-18) 18 May 1987
Makeni, Sierra Leone
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country Netherlands
SportTrack and field
Event(s)sprinter

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]

See also

References
  1. Athlete biography: Solomon Bayoh, beijing2008.cn, ret: Sep 01, 2008
  2. "WK atletiek: geen estafettefinale Solomon Bockarie". Omroep West (in Dutch).
  3. "BOCKARIE Solomon". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. Sierra Leone sportsillustrated.com 2008 Summer Olympics
  5. "Solomon Bockarie". Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  6. "Dutch athlete blames positive doping test on cheap chicken". NL Times. 30 August 2022.
  7. WION Web Team (1 September 2022). "Bizarre! Solomon Bockarie fails dope test, Dutchman shifts blame on 'chicken with hormones'". WION. Retrieved 17 December 2022.


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