Issam Asinga

Issamade Asinga (born 29 December 2004) is a Surinamese track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 and 200 meters. His 100m personal best of 9.89 seconds is the world under-20 record and the Surinamese national record.

Early years
Asinga was born in Atlanta, U.S., and grew up in Zambia, where his mother Ngozi Mwanamwambwa was born. His father is former track and field athlete Tommy Asinga, who still holds the Surinamese national records for 400m, 800m and 1500m, and represented the nation at three Olympic Games; 1988, 1992, where he was the flag bearer in 1996.

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.

Doping and Provisional Suspension
In August 2023, he was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit after testing positive for the banned substance cardarine. On May 27, 2024, he was officially banned for four years and all of his results since July 18, 2023 will be disqualified. This includes his World Under-20 record for the 100m that he set at the South American Championships. Assanga has alleged in a suit filed in the Southern District of New York that Gatorade provided him with Gatorade Recovery Gummies at their awards ceremony on July 11, 2023 in Los Angeles which were tainted with cardarine.

Personal bests

 * Information from World Athletics profile.