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Violet Raseboya

Violet Ledile Raseboya is a retired South African middle-distance runner. She competed at the Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games – Women's 1500 metres as well as 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race, 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race and 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race.

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Violet Ledile Raseboya (born 19 February 1986)1 is a retired South African middle-distance runner. She competed at the Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games – Women's 1500 metres2 as well as 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race, 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race and 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race.

Since 2017, she has been married to Caster Semenya, whom she first met in 2007. The couple has two children.3456

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  1. "Violet RASEBOLA | Profile | World Athletics".
  2. "U20 Race Result | 33rd IAAF World Cross Country Championships".
  3. "Caster Semenya's wife reflects on road to conceiving "miracle" daughter". ECR. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  4. "News of an Engagement". africasacountry.com. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  5. "Caster Semenya shares photos from her wedding to Violet Raseboya". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  6. "Year in Review: Caster Semenya & Violet got their fairytale ending". TimesLIVE. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2023.