Personal information | |
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Birth name | Tshotlego Paul Morama |
Full name | Paul Tshotlego Morama |
Nationality | Motswana |
Born | Letlhakane, Botswana | February 2, 1987
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Disability class | T46 |
Paul Tshotlego Morama (born 2 February 1987), born as Tshotlego Paul Morama is an intersex Motswana paralympic sprinter. He had the world record in the women's 400m sprint in the T46 disability category after winning a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He also won a gold medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games in the women's 200 meters. Despite winning those medals as a legal female, he has now changed his legal identity to a male.
Morama was born 2 February 1987 in the Kgongwe ward of Letlhakane on 2 February 1987. [1] [2] He represented Botswana at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, where he won gold in the women's 400m sprint in the T46 disability category, setting a new world record in the process, with a time of 55.99. At the time, he was still identified as a female. [3] [4] Morama also won gold at the 2007 All-Africa Games, setting a new African record in the women's 200 meters. [5] He fathered a child. [4] Morama was due to represent Botswana again at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, having withdrawn prior to the Games due to injury. [6] [7] Morama was criticized for growing a beard despite being born a female. He had two sexual organs, a vagina and a penis. However, the only sexually active organ he has is his penis. [4] He wanted to marry, however, the person he married's parents were uncomfortable with him. In the past, he has had two different relationships. [4] He is currently single. [4] Though when he was born he was legally classified as a female, he is actually intersex. [4] [8]