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Doping Irregularities at the Olympics (483)

Athlete Nation(s) Sport(s) Role(s) Era Notes
Arman-Marshal Sila BLR TKW Non-starter 2016 2016 Rio de Janeiro – 80kg (DNS) – Results voided from June 2016 as a result of a doping violation prior to the Games – (Meldonium)
Sibel Şimşek TUR WLF Olympics 2004—2012 2012 London – 63kg (4) – Turinabol and Stanozolol (retest)
Gabriel Sîncrăian ROU WLF Olympics 2012—2016 2012 London - 85kg (DNF) - Metenolone and Stanozolol. (retest)
Gabriel Sîncrăian ROU WLF Olympics 2012—2016 2016 Rio de Janeiro – 85kg (3) – Testosterone.
Galina Skiba RUS IHO Olympics 2006—2014 2014 Sochi – Women (6) – Involved in scheme involving switched samples
Yelena Slesarenko RUS ATH Olympics 2004—2008 2008 Beijing – High jump (4) – Turinabol (retest)
Yekaterina Smolentseva RUS IHO Olympics 2002—2014 2014 Sochi – Women (6) – Involved in scheme involving switched samples
Dmitry Starodubtsev RUS ATH Olympics 2008—2012 2012 London – Pole Vault (4) – Turinabol (retest)
Jevgenijus Šuklinas LTU CSP Olympics / Other 2012 2012 London – C1 200m (2) – Turinabol (retest)
Andor Szanyi HUN WLF Olympics 1988—1992 1988 Seoul – 100 kg. Class (2). Stanozolol (anabolic steroid).
Mohamed Talaat EGY EJP Olympics 2020 2020 Tokyo - Team jumping (11); Disqualified in December 2021 based on original testing finding of a cannabis metabolite.
Karel Tammjärv EST CCS Olympics / Other 2010—2018 2018 PyeongChang – Sprint (52) 15km (22) 30 km (27) 4 x 10 km (12) Team Sprint (17) – Involved in a scheme using a prohibited method (blood doping) prior to the Games
Tandara BRA VVO Olympics 2012—2020 2020 Tokyo - Indoor volleyball (Silver); Original testing at 2020 Tokyo Olympics found evidence of positive ADRV for Ostarine.
Irina Tarasova RUS ATH Olympics 2012 2012 London - shot put (7) - Evidence from the LIMS database
Ahmed Tarbi ALG WLF Olympics 1980—1984 1984 Los Angeles – 56 kg. Class (9). Nandrolone (anabolic steroid).
Mahmoud Tarha LBN WLF Olympics 1984 1984 Los Angeles – 52 kg. Class (4). Nandrolone (anabolic steroid).
Serghei Tarnovschi MDA CSP Olympics / YOG 2014—2020 2016 Rio de Janeiro – C1 100m (3) C2 100m (DNS) – GHRP-2
Martin Tauber AUT CCS Olympics 2006 2006 Torino – 15 km. / Pursuit / 4x10 km. relay (15K (17) / Pursuit (8) / Relay (DNF)). IOC Disciplinary investigation. Found to have been involved in an elaborate blood doping scheme.
Nurcan Taylan TUR WLF Olympics 2004—2008 2008 Beijing – 48kg (AC) – Methandienone (retest)
Artur Taymazov UZB WRE Olympics / Other 2000—2012 2008 Beijing – 120kg Freestyle (1) – Turinabol and stanozolol.(retest)
Artur Taymazov UZB WRE Olympics / Other 2000—2012 2012 London – freestyle 120kg (1) – Turinabol (retest)
Robel Teklemariam ETH CCS Olympics / Other 2006—2010 2006 Torino – Out-of-competition positive. Non-competitor (DNS). Excessive hematocrit level. Suspended for five days – did not compete.
Svetlana Terentyeva RUS IHO Olympics 2002—2010 2010 Vancouver – Out-of-competition positive. Non-competitor (DNS). Tuaminoheptane. Reprimanded, not DQ – drug only illegal in competition, not out of competition.
Viktoriya Tereshchuk UKR MPN Olympics 2004—2012 2008 Beijing – Individual (3) – Turinabol (retest)
Soslan Tigiyev UZB WRE Olympics 2008—2012 2012 London – 74 kg. freestyle (3). Methylhexanamine
Soslan Tigiyev UZB WRE Olympics 2008—2012 2008 Beijing – 74 kg. freestyle (2). Turinabol
Taymuraz Tigiyev KAZ WRE Olympics 2008—2012 2008 Beijing – 94kg freestyle (3) – Turinabol (retest)
Hanna Titimets UKR ATH Olympics 2012—2016 2012 London – 400m hurdles (4h2r2/3) – Retroactively stripped of all her results from 26 June 2012 to 26 June 2014. for irregularities on her Athlete Biological Passport
Oleksiy Torokhtiy UKR WLF Olympics / Other 2008—2012 2012 London – 105 kgs – Turinabol (retest)
Marina Trandenkova RUS
EUN		 ATH Olympics 1992—2000 1996 Atlanta – 100 metres (5). Bromantan (ß-agonist). A reprimand was given but the placement was allowed to stand.
Mauro Trentini ITA CTR Olympics 1996 2000 Sydney – Out-of-competition positive. Individual Pursuit (DNS). Increased hematocrit levels (>50.0).
Aleksandr Tretyakov ROC
RUS		 SKN Olympics 2006—2022 2014 Sochi – Men (1) – Involved in scheme involving switched samples
Dmitry Trunenkov RUS BOB Olympics 2010—2014 2014 Sochi – Four-man (1) – Involved in scheme involving switched samples
Svetlana Tsarukayeva RUS WLF Olympics 2008—2012 2012 London – 63kg (2) – Turinabol (retest)
Ivan Tsikhan BLR ATH Olympics / Other 2000—2020 2004 Athínai – Hammer Throw (2). Methandienone metabolite (anabolic steroid). Disqualified in December 2012 after re-testing of samples from the 2004 Olympics.
Ivan Tsikhan BLR ATH Olympics / Other 2000—2020 2008 Beijing – Hammer Throw (2). Testosterone (anabolic steroid). Overturned on appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Ivan Tsikhan BLR ATH Olympics / Other 2000—2020 2012 London – Out-of-competition positive. Pre-games testing (DNS). Methandienone metabolite (anabolic steroid). Re-test of Athens samples DQed him from London.
Raul Tsirek'idze GEO WLF Olympics 2008—2012 2012 London – 85kg (9) – Turinabol (retest)
Soslan Tsirikhov RUS ATH Olympics 2012 2012 London – Shot Put (13); Disqualified in May 2023 by AIU after review of LIM samples, and positive finding for dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (Turinabol).
Stanislau Tsivonchyk BLR ATH Olympics 2012 2012 London – PV (21 r1/2) – - Turinabol (retest)
Athanasia Tsoumeleka GRE ATH Olympics 2004—2008 2008 Beijing – 20-km walk (9). CERA re-test + plus + test 10 d after Olympics.
Irak'li Turmanidze GEO WLF Olympics 2012—2016 2012 London - +105 kgs (5) - Stanozolol in retest of sample from March 2012
Marharyta Tverdokhlib UKR ATH Olympics 2012 2012 London – Long jump (25) – Turinabol and stanozolol (retest)
Chijindu Ujah GBR ATH Olympics 2016—2020 2020 Tokyo – 100m (5 h3 r3/4) 4 x 100m (Silver) - Ostarine and S-23
Ivan Ukhov RUS ATH Olympics 2012 2012 London - High Jump (Gold); All results 16 July 2012 to 31 December 2015 are voided. Appealed to CAS 22 Feb 2019.
Gian Paolo Urlando ITA ATH Olympics 1976—1984 1984 Los Angeles – Hammer Throw (4). Testosterone (anabolic steroid).
Binnaz Uslu TUR ATH Olympics 2004—2012 2012 London – 3000m SC (r1-15th) – Retroactively stripped of all her results from 2009 to 2013 for irregularities on her Athlete Biological Passport
Yevgeny Ustyugov RUS BTH Olympics 2010—2014 2014 Sochi – 10km (38), 12.5km (16), 15km (5), 20km (19), 4 x 7.5km relay (1)
Almas Uteshov KAZ WLF Olympics 2012 2012 London – 94kg (7) – Turinabol and Stanozolol (retest)
Martti Vainio FIN ATH Olympics 1976—1984 1984 Los Angeles – 10,000 metres (2). Methenolone (anabolic steroid).
Norayr Vardanyan ARM WLF Olympics 2012 2012 London – 94kg (11) – Turinabol (retest)
Andreas Veerpalu EST CCS/MIX Olympics / YOG 2012—2018 2018 PyeongChang – 15 km (56) 30 km (46) 50 km (37) 4 x 10 km (12) – Involved in a scheme using a prohibited method (blood doping) prior to the Games
Anna Verouli GRE ATH Olympics 1984—1992 1984 Los Angeles – Javelin Throw (13 QR / DNQ). Nandrolone (anabolic steroid).
Olga Vilukhina RUS BTH Olympics 2014 2014 Sochi - Sprint (Silver) / Pursuit (7) / Mass Start (21) / Relay (Silver) / Mixed Relay (5); Disqualified on 27 November 2017 based on findings by the Oswald Commission. After appeal, decision upheld by CAS on 1 February 2018, but eventually cleared by CAS September 2020.
Aleksey Volkov RUS BTH Olympics 2014 2014 Sochi - 20 km (62) / Relay (Gold); Disqualified in April 2022 after re-test of samples finding a positive ADRV for Fenoterol.
Yekaterina Volkova RUS ATH Olympics 2008 2008 Beijing – 3000m SC – Turinabol (retest)
Aleksey Voyevoda RUS BOB Olympics 2006—2014 2014 Sochi – Two-man (1), Four-man (1) – Involved in scheme involving switched samples
Sviatlana Vusovich BLR ATH Olympics 2004—2012 2008 Beijing – 800m (h2 8th r2/3) 4x400 (4) – Turinabol (retest)
Maksim Vylegzhanin RUS CCS Olympics 2010—2014 2014 Sochi – 30km skiathlon (4), 50km (2), 4x10 relay (2), team sprint (2) – Involved in scheme involving switched samples
Achim Walcher AUT CCS Olympics 1998—2002 2002 Salt Lake City – 30 km. / Pursuit (30K (45) / Pursuit (43)). Blood doping.
Wang Jiali CHN ATH Olympics 2012 2012 London – Marathon (58th) – Retroactively stripped of all her results from May 2012 to 2014 for irregularities on her Athlete Biological Passport
Alex Watson AUS MPN Olympics 1984—1992 1988 Seoul – Individual (61). Caffeine (stimulant).
Wu Dan CHN VVO Olympics 1988—2000 1992 Barcelona – Volleyball (7). Stimulant with a strychnine base.
Valentin Xristov AZE WLF Olympics 2012 2012 London – 56kg (3) – Turinabol (retest)
Narsingh Yadav IND WRE Olympics / Non-starter 2012—2016 2016 Rio – 74 kgs (DNS) – Methandienone
Nevin Yanıt TUR ATH Olympics 2008—2012 2012 London – 100m hurdles (5) – Tested positive for Stanozolol in 2013. An investigation revealed multiple doping violations dating back to June 2012. In 2017 the IOC revealed she had also tested positive for an illegal substance at the 2012 Olympics.
Iryna Yatchanka BLR
EUN		 ATH Olympics 1992—2008 2004 Athínai – Discus Throw (3). Methandienone metabolite (anabolic steroid). Disqualified in December 2012 after re-testing of samples from the 2004 Olympics.
Igor Yerokhin RUS ATH Olympics / Non-starter 2008—2012 2012 London – 50km walk (5) – Retroactively stripped of all his results from 2011 onwards for irregularities on his Athlete Biological Passport
Nadezhda Yevstyukhina RUS WLF Olympics 2008—2012 2008 Beijing – 74kg (3) – Turinabol (retest)
Liudmyla Yosypenko UKR ATH Olympics 2012 2012 London – Heptathlon (4) – Retroactively stripped of all her results from 2011 to 2013 for irregularities on her Athlete Biological Passport
Jerome Young USA ATH Olympics 2000 2000 Sydney – 4x400 metre relay (4x400 (1)). Nandrolone (anabolic steroid). DQed in June 2004 from 26 June 1999 to 25 June 2001, but medal later reinstated to his teammates, until doping offense revealed by Antonio Pettigrew.
Denys Yurchenko UKR ATH Olympics 2000—2012 2008 Beijing – Pole vault (3) – Turinabol (retest)
Ivan Yushkov RUS ATH Olympics 2004—2008 2008 Beijing – Shot Put (10) – Turinabol (retest)
Nataliya Zabolotnaya RUS WLF Olympics 2004—2012 2012 London – 75kg (2) – Turinabol (retest)
İntiqam Zairov AZE WLF Olympics 2008—2012 2008 Beijing – 84kg (9) – Turinabol (retest)
İntiqam Zairov AZE WLF Olympics 2008—2012 2012 London – 94kg (6) – Turinabol (retest)
Daniel Zalewski POL BOB Olympics 2014 2014 Sochi – 4-man (27) – Phenylisobutylamine
Yuliya Zaripova RUS ATH Olympics 2012 2012 London – 3000mSC (1) – Turinabol (retest) but also retroactively stripped of all her results from 2011 to 2013 for irregularities on her Athlete Biological Passport
Olga Zaytseva RUS BTH Olympics 2002—2014 2014 Sochi – 7.5 km (28), 10km (11), 12.5km (23), 15km (15), mixed relay (4) women’s relay (2) – Involved in scheme involving switched samples
Olha Zemliak UKR ATH Olympics 2012—2016 2016 Rio de Janeiro – 400m (7) 4 x 400m relay (5) Retroactively stripped of all her results since July 5 2016 due to a positive test for excessive testosterone
Yauhen Zharnasek BLR WLF Olympics 2012 2012 London – 105kg (9) – Turinabol (retest)
Adrian Zieliński POL WLF Olympics / Non-starter 2012—2016 2016 Rio de Janeiro – 94kg (DNS) – Nandrolone
Aleksandr Zubkov RUS BOB/LUG Olympics / Other 1998—2014 2014 Sochi – Two-man (1), Four-man (1) – Involved in scheme involving switched samples