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The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found to have, or have admitted to having, taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recreational drugs or have been suspended by a sports governing body for failure to submit to mandatory drug testing.
The use of performance-enhancing drugs (doping in sport) is prohibited within the sport of athletics.Athletes who are found to have used such banned substances, whether through a positive drugs test, the biological passport system, an investigation or public admission, may receive a competition ban for a length of time which reflects the severity of the infraction.
He was banned for life by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) due to repeated drug offences. Tribunal Arbitral du Sport. [53] Magnus Hedman, footballer, was charged and convicted by Swedish court in June 2009 when he tested positive for stanozolol. At the time he was a "ambassador" for Swedish anti-steroid organization Ren Idrott ("Clean ...
People entered in this category have either: Been suspended by a sporting body (an international governing body, national federation, professional league, or government agency) for illegal performance-enhancing drug, and/or banned drug, use; Publicly admitted such use; Been found to have taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs by a court of law
Thus the list contains doping incidents, those who have tested positive for illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recreational drugs or have been suspended by a sports governing body for failure to submit to mandatory drug testing. It also contains and clarifies cases where subsequent evidence and explanation has shown the parties to ...
First, by decreasing water retention and thus decreasing an athlete's weight, an important consideration in many speed sports (e.g. track and field, speed skating), they increase the speed of an athlete. Secondly, increased urine production depletes the concentration of both the banned drugs and their metabolites, making their detection more ...
Cocaine, confessed after quitting the sport. [92] Richard Smith Australia Cycling Blood Doping [93] Ebi Smolarek Poland Football (soccer) Cannabis [94] Matt Socholotiuk Canada Canadian football Human growth hormone [95] Edgars Soika Latvia: Curling Spironolactone [96] (in Latvian) Sergei Sokolov Azerbaijan: Football (soccer) Betamethasone [97]
Sport Year of violation Anti-doping rule violation / Banned substance(s) Sanction Reference(s) Fritz Aanes Norway: Greco-Roman wrestling Norandrosterone, Noretiocholanolone [1] Tom Aage Aarnes Norway: Ski jumping Amphetamine [2] Mariya Abakumova Russia: Athletics 2008 Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (Turinabol) [3] Sara Abbazova Azerbaijan ...