Issam Asinga
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| Full name | Issamade Joseph Tommy Asinga [1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 December 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Suriname, United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | |||||||||||||||||
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Issamade Asinga (born 29 December 2004) is a dual American-Surinamese national sprinter who competes in the 100 and 200 meters.
Asinga is currently serving a four-year ban set to expire in August 2027 for an anti-doping rule violation which as of June 2025 is under appeal. His 100m personal best of 9.89 seconds was the world under-20 record and the Surinamese national record, however both are currently disqualifed.[2]
Early years
Asinga was born in Atlanta, Georgia, United States in 2004. His parents are Tommy Asinga and Ngozi Mwanamwambwa who were both track and field athletes representing Suriname and Zambia respectively.[3] Asinga mostly grew up in the United States with a four-year period between the ages of 9 and 13 living Lusaka, Zambia with his mother.[1]
Career
Asinga attended Montverde Academy where he was selected as the Gatorade Florida Boys Track & Field Player of the Year in 2023. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete on scholarship at Texas A&M University.[4]
Asinga switched his international athletics country of representation from the United States to Suriname in May 2023.[5]
Anti-doping rule violation
In August 2023, Asinga was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit after testing positive for the banned substance GW1516.[6] On May 27, 2024, he was officially banned for four years backdated to August 2023.[7] All of his results since July 18, 2023 were disqualified including his World Under-20 record for the 100m that he set at the South American Championships.[8] An appeal made to the Court of Arbitration for Sport was dismissed in October 2025.[9][10]
Assinga sued Gatorade in 2024, alleging that the cardarine had entered his system via contaminated Gatorade Recovery Gummies provided to him by the company.[11] In April 2025, a U.S. District Judge dismissed the case.[12]
Personal bests
| Event | Time | Wind (m/s) | Venue | Date | Notes |
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| 100 m | 9.89 | +0.8 | São Paulo, Brazil | 28 July 2023 | Disqualified |
| 9.83 w | +2.6 | Clermont, Florida, US | April 23, 2023 | Wind-assisted | |
| 200 m | 19.97 | +1.3 | Austin, Texas, US | 29 April 2023 | AU20R, NR |
| Indoor 60 m | 6.57 | N/a | Boston, US | 11 March 2023 | |
| Indoor 200 m | 20.48 | N/a | Boston, US | 12 March 2023 |
- Information from World Athletics profile.[13]
References
- ^ a b Day 1 CAS 2024/A/10658 Issamade Asinga v. World Athletics (Radoux, Benz, Haas). Court of Arbitration for Sport. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025 – via Vimeo.com.
- ^ "Issam Asinga banned 4 years, has record stripped for doping positive". ESPN. 27 May 2024.
- ^ "Report29 Jul 2023 Asinga breaks world U20 100m record at the South American Championships". Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "Issam Asinga Named Gatorade Florida Boys Track & Field Player of the Year". 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "Issamade ASINGA". World Athletics.
- ^ Kahler, Theo (11 August 2023). "Record-Setting 18-Year-Old Sprinter Issam Asinga Provisionally Suspended for Banned Substance". Runner's World. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "Issam Asinga banned 4 years, has record stripped for doping positive". ESPN. 27 May 2024.
- ^ "AIU BANS SURINAME'S ASINGA FOR FOUR YEARS" (PDF). [Athletics Integrity Unit]. 27 May 2024.
- ^ Dickinson, Marley (30 October 2025). "Suriname sprinter loses U20 world record after doping appeal dismissed". Canadian Running Magazine.
- ^ "Public hearing - Issamade Asinga v. World Athletics". Court of Arbitration for Sport. 30 June 2025.
- ^ Tennery, Amy; Stempel, Jonathan (10 July 2024). "Sprinter Asinga sues Gatorade over 'recovery gummies' after ban". Reuters.
- ^ Stempel, Jonathan (28 April 2025). "PepsiCo's Gatorade defeats banned sprinter's lawsuit over 'recovery gummies'". Reuters.
- ^ Issam Asinga at World Athletics
