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Tue, 7 November 2023

7:30 pm - 8:45 pm GMT

Caster Semenya – Live on Stage in London

In Conversation with Kenya Hunt

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Caster Semenya is finally ready to share the vivid and blisteringly honest story of how the world came to know her name.

Thrust into the spotlight after winning the 2009 World Championships Caster Semenya quickly became the centre of a debate which still continues today about gender in sports, and the right to compete as you are.

In conversation with Kenya Hunt, editor-in-chief of ELLE UK, Caster joins us in London to tell the story of her journey through innocence, ambition, defiance, and acceptance. From her rural beginnings running in the dust, to crushing her opponents on the track. To the falsehoods spread about her name, and the many trials she has been forced to endure publicly and privately. This is Caster’s time to set the record straight and share her story of how she became a defiant champion.

Throughout it all Caster has found triumph in her strong will, her community and her family. Caster’s story is our story, and testimony to anyone forced to stop doing what they love.

This event is presented in partnership with ELLE UK.

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Caster Semenya

Olympic Gold Medallist

Caster Semenya is a professional runner from South Africa. She’s a two-time Olympic Games gold medallist and a three-time World Athletics Championships gold medallist. She lives in Pretoria, South Africa.

Kenya Hunt

Editor and Author

Kenya Hunt is the Editor-in-Chief of ELLE UK. Hunt’s career spans working for some of the world’s most influential women’s titles on both sides of the Atlantic. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Guardian, Essence, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Refinery29, The Evening Standard and other publications. And she has made a number of appearances on BBC Woman’s Hour, Sky News and more.

As the founder of R.O.O.M. Mentoring, she advocates for greater diversity within the fashion industry by providing a supportive network for some of the many talented aspiring designers, journalists and image makers of colour London has to offer. In 2021, she was recognised by The British Fashion Council for her work and awarded a Global Leader Of Change Award. An American based in London, she lives south of the river with her husband and two sons.

Her critically-acclaimed book, Girl: Essays on Black Womanhood (HarperCollins/HQ), is out now.

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