TOP 25 famous dopers of the history
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25-Kelli White
Athletics
World champion in 100 and 200m, was convicted of doping, this opens the way for a withdrawal of her gold medals from the Paris / Saint-Denis World Championships.
24-Martina Hingis
Tennis
Now retired, committed a breach of the regulations after a positive cocaine anti-doping test at Wimbledon.
23-Tim Montgomery
Athletics
currently in prison admitted to having doped before the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and declared that he did not deserve the gold medal of the 4 × 100 m relay, in an interview with the television station HBO Sports .
22-Lindford Christie
Athletics
Has been tested positive for nandrolone after running a 60m indoor in a minor rally in Dortmund, Germany.
21-Mradona
Football
This is a serious and amazing admission that makes Diego Maradona to the television channel America. The former captain of the Argentine team says that the Argentines would have taken narcotics at the time when he was still playing.
20-Steve Mullings
Athletics
4th World Performer of the 2011 season in 100m with a time of 9s80, was suspended for life. He was convicted of the second anti-doping offense in his career.
19-Yohan Blake
Athletics
also positive
18-Kim Jong SU
Shooting
3rd in pistol shooting at 10m and Olympic vice-champion in pistol at 50m, was checked positive at a beta-blocker during the Beijing Games.
17-Veronica Campbell Brown
Athletics
Reigning world champion and double Olympic champion in the 200 m (2004, 2008), was positively checked for a diuretic product and was unable to participate in the World Cup-2013.
16-Mohamed Ali
Boxing
A legend collapses. The first title of world heavyweight champion of the icon Mohamed Ali would have been faked.
15-André Agassi
Tennis
The Times published excerpts from the autobiography of André Agassi in which the former American champion admitted to having been tested positive for a hard drug in 1997 and lied to the sports authorities to avoid a suspension for doping.
14-Shelly ann fraser
Athletics
Olympic and world champion 100-meter, Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser, was positively checked at a meeting of the Diamond League.
13-Justin Gatlin
Athletics
Years pass, and Gatlin always goes faster, that's what bothers. Especially when you know the liabilities of the boy ... already taken twice for doping.
12-Lance Armstrong
Cycling
He has been doping for most of his career based on the affidavits of more than two dozen witnesses, including fifteen professional riders and a dozen Lance Armstrong team members.
11-Floyd Landis
Cycling
He was one of the first to lodge a complaint against Lance Amstrong, claiming to him a few million.
10-Richard Virenque
Cycling
Known for his qualities as a mountain specialist and charismatic runner, but also for his involvement in a resounding doping scandal, "the Festina affair".
9-Mariano Puerta
Tennis
According to information reported in October 2005 by the sports daily L'Equipe, Argentinian Mariano Puerta was checked positive to Roland Garros after his defeat against Spanish Rafael Nadal.
8-Benjamin Sinclair Johnson
Athletics
A rumor had fled in December over the fallen hero of Seoul. According to him, the result of the doping test would never have been made public if he had not changed sponsors.
7-Alberto Contadore
Positive to clenbuterol in July 2010, HE was suspended 2 years with retroactive effect. He lost his victory on the 2010 Tour and the 2011 Giro.
6-Mamadou Sakho
Football
The defender of Liverpool and the French team would have consumed a fat burner that contained prohibited elements. Positively tested during a doping test the player was suspended 30 days as a precautionary measure and his place at the Euro is called into question
5-Dwain Chambers
Athletics
Suspended for life for doping by the British Olympic Committee in 2003. After years of legal battle, Dwain Chambers had the right to compete in the 100 m at the London Olympics in 2012.
4-Maria Shaparova
Tennis
On March 7, Maria Sharapova made an announcement at a press conference: "I made a huge mistake." Controlled positively for doping, she ended the conference with these words: "I do not want to end my career this way and I hope I will have the chance to replay. "
3-Marco Pantani
Cycling
Dead in February 2004, he was the most famous Italian cyclist. Some see in him the sportsman admit shots and others see in his death, the end of an addictive addict.
2-Tyson Gay
Athletics
Suspended only one year for heavy doping, the American sprinter Tyson Gay could theoretically resort from the end of June. In the event of cooperation, the World Anti-Doping Code allows for a reduction of up to three-quarters of the penalty.
1- Marion Jones
Athletics
The International Athletics Federation (IAAF) erased all the performances of American athlete Marion Jones following a doping confession, ordering the restitution of the five medals won at the Sydney Olympic Games.