List of doping cases in sport (A)

This is a sub-list from List of doping cases in sport representing a full list of surnames starting with A.

## List

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Name  | Country  | Sport  | Year of
violation  | Anti-doping rule violation

Banned substance(s)  | Sanction  | Reference(s)

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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 | Powerlifting  | 2001  | Nandrolone | Life  | [4]
Damin Abbiate |  Argentina | Weightlifting  |  | Nandrolone  |  | [5]
Salwan Abbood |  Egypt | Weightlifting  |  | Stanozolol  |  | [5]
Kalifa Abdalla |  Libya | Weightlifting  |  | Metandienone  |  | [5]
Walid Abdelaal |  Egypt | Wrestling  |  | Stanozolol  |  | [6]
Ibrahim Abdelbaki |  Egypt | Wrestling  |  | Methylhexaneamine  |  | [6]
Yamil Abdellatif |  Morocco | Weightlifting  |  | Cannabis  |  | [5]
Donia Abdelrahman |  Egypt | Weightlifting  |  | Hydroxystanozolol  |  | [5]
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov |  Uzbekistan | Cycling  | 1997  | Clenbuterol, bromantan | 1 year (Extended from 6 months) | [7][8]
Hashim Abdulkareem |  Egypt | Weightlifting  |  | Norandrosterone  |  | [5]
Muminjon Abdullaev |  Uzbekistan | Wrestling  |  | Nandrolone  |  | [6]
Inga Abitova |  Russia | Athletics  | 2008  | Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (Turinabol)  |  | [3]
Alex Acco |  Brazil | Beach volleyball  |  | Norandrosterone, Noretiocholanolone  |  | [9]
Olimbek Achildiev |  Uzbekistan | Weightlifting  |  |  |  | [5]
Johan Ackermann |  South Africa | Rugby union  |  | Nandrolone |  | [10]
Ali Adams |  United Kingdom | Boxing  | 2012  | Stanozolol  | 2 years  | [11]
Phillip Adams |  Australia | Shooting  | 2002  | Hydrochlorothiazide | 2 years  | [12]
Adham Khazeiq |  Palestine | Weightlifting  |  | Nandrolone, Norandrosterone  |  | [5]
Andre Agassi |  United States | Tennis  |  | Methamphetamine (self-admitted) |  | [13]
Uche Agu |  Nigeria | Weightlifting  |  | Norandrosterone  |  | [5]
Abdulmunem Ahmed |  Iraq | Weightlifting  |  | Methyltestosterone  |  | [5]
All Ahmed |  Yemen | Weightlifting  |  | Metandienone, Norandrosterone, Anabolic steroids  |  | [5]
Naveed Ahmed Butt |  Pakistan | Powerlifting  | 2008  | Methandienone metabolites  | 2 years  | [14]
Mirambek Ainagulov |  Kazakhstan | Wrestling  |  | Furosemide  |  | [6]
Lizandro Ajcú |  Guatemala | Cycling  |  | Erythropoietin (EPO)  |  | [15]
Karhan Akay |  Turkey | Swimming  |  | Methandienone  |  | [16]
Ali Akbar |  Pakistan | Weightlifting  |  |  |  | [17]
Alibek Akbayev |  Russia | Wrestling  |  |  |  | [18]
Albina Akhatova |  Russia | Biathlon  | 2003
2009  | Nikethamide
Erythropoietin (EPO)  |  | [19]
Igor Akhlyustin |  Russia | Swimming  |  |  |  | [20]
Shoaib Akhtar |  Pakistan | Cricket  |  | Nandrolone  |  | [21]
Atrhouros Akritidis |  Greece | Weightlifting  |  | Methyltrienolone, Buprenorphine  |  | [5]
Mohammed Al-Aifuri |  Iraq | Weightlifting  |  | Metandienone  |  | [5]
Abdul Rehman Al Bader |  Kuwait | Swimming  |  | Methylhexaneamine  |  | [22]
Noor Alam |  Pakistan | Cycling  |  | Nandrolone  |  | [23]
Carlos Alberto de Jesus |  Brazil | Football (soccer)  |  | Hydrochlorothiazide, Tamoxifen |  | [24]
Rolf Aldag |  Germany | Cycling  |  | Erythropoietin (EPO) (self-admitted) | -- | [25]
Darrell Alderman |  United States | Drag racing  |  | Cocaine |  | [26][27]
Faisal Aldossri |  Saudi Arabia | Tennis  |  |  |  | [28]
Denis Alekseyev |  Russia | Athletics  | 2008  | Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (Turinabol)  |  | [3]
Evgeny Aleshin |  Russia | Swimming  |  |  |  | [16]
Jose Alexis Valida |  Spain | Volleyball  |  | Cocaine  |  | [9]
Stephen Alfred |  United States | Cycling (track)  | 1998
2006
2007  | Norandrosterone
Testosterone (May), hCG (June)
Refusal to submit to doping control  | 6 months
8 years
Life ban  | [29][30][31]
Muhammad Al-Ghaferi |  United Arab Emirates | Swimming  |  | Methylhexaneamine  |  | [22]
Dilsher Ali |  Pakistan | Cycling  |  | Nandrolone  |  | [23]
Hram Ali |  Iraq | Weightlifting  |  | Metandienone  |  | [5]
Javed Ali |  Pakistan | Bodybuilding  |  | Nandrolone  |  | [23]
Khalid Ali |  Pakistan | Bodybuilding  |  |  |  | [32]
Sadam Ali |  United States | Boxing  |  | Cathine |  | [33]
Amir Aliakbari |  Iran | Wrestling  |  | Anabolic steroids  |  | [6]
Waleed Ali Alghmdi |  Saudi Arabia | Water polo  |  | Cannabis  |  | [16]
Saeid Alihosseini |  Iran | Weightlifting  |  | Metandienone  |  | [5]
Abdullah Ali Rami |  Yemen | Weightlifting  |  | Metandienone, Ephedrine  |  | [5]
Mohsen Alizadeh |  Iran | Water polo  |  | Norandrosterone and metabolites  |  | [34]
Yousri Yaseer Allaili |  Saudi Arabia | Water polo  |  | Methamphetamine  |  | [35]
David Allen |  United Kingdom | Rugby League  |  | Metabolite of cocaine  |  | [36]
A. J. Allmendinger |  United States | Auto racing  |  | Amphetamines  |  | [37]
Carlos Almanzar |  Dominican Republic | Baseball  |  | Steroids |  | [38]
Alimohamad Almharous |  Saudi Arabia | Weightlifting  |  | Metandienone  |  | [5]
Bassam Almohammad Alshahin |  Syria | Weightlifting  |  | Boldenone, Androsterone  |  | [5]
Jasim Yusuf Al Nabhan |  Bahamas | Beach volleyball  |  | Methylhexaneamine  |  | [39]
Mohamed Al Saedi |  Iraq | Wrestling  |  | Sibutramine  |  | [6]
Saoud AlShehhi |  United Arab Emirates | Weightlifting  |  | Stanozolol, Hydroxystanozolol  |  | [5]
Thiago Alves |  Brazil | Mixed Martial Arts  |  | Spironolactone |  | [40]
Lyle Alzado |  United States | American football  |  | Anabolic steroids (self-admitted) |  | [41]
Nehal Ameur |  Egypt | Swimming  |  | Methandienone  |  | [42]
Wafa Ammouri |  Morocco | Weightlifting  |  |  |  | [43]
Uwe Ampler |  Germany | Cycling  | 1999  | Steroids |  | [44]
Chris Andersen |  United States | Basketball  |  |  |  | [45]
Kim Andersen |  Denmark | Cycling  | 1985
1986
1987
1992  | Undisclosed (7 Sept), Norephedrine (14 Sept)
Undisclosed (8 April), Undisclosed (16 April), Undisclosed (27 April)
Testosterone
Amineptine | 1 year (Life ban lifted)
| [46][47]
Peter Riis Andersen |  Denmark | Mountain biking  |  | Erythropoietin (EPO)  |  | [48]
Darryl Anderson |  United Kingdom | Motorcycle racing  |  |  |  | [49]
Ijah Anderson |  England | Football (soccer)  |  | Cocaine |  | [50]
Silva Andrea |  Brazil | Weightlifting  |  | Norandrosterone  |  | [5]
Ekaterina Andreeva |  Russia | Swimming  |  |  |  | [51]
Frankie Andreu |  United States | Cycling  |  | Erythropoietin (EPO) (self-admitted) |  | [52]
Joaquín Andújar |  Dominican Republic | Baseball  |  | Cocaine |  | [53]
Jacques Anquetil |  France | Cycling  |  | Self-admitted  |  | [54]
Henry Antchouet |  Gabon | Football (soccer)  |  | Cocaine |  | [55]
Kristina Antoniychuk |  Ukraine | Tennis  |  | Furosemide |  | [56]
Toppo Anupdeo |  India | Weightlifting  |  | Methylhexamine  |  | [5]
Abdallah Anwar |  United States | Boccia  |  | Hydrochlorothiazide  |  | [57]
Atif Anwar Ali |  Pakistan | Bodybuilding  |  |  |  | [32]
Adam Anzorov |  Russia | Wrestling  |  |  |  | [18]
Bijiya Arabam |  India | Weightlifting  |  | Metandienone  |  | [5]
Anos Armak |  Iran | Weightlifting  |  | Metandienone  |  | [5]
Andrei Aramnau |  Belarus | Weightlifting  |  | Synthetic cannabinoid  |  | [5]
Ibrahim Arat |  Turkey | Weightlifting  |  | Hydroxystanozolol  |  | [5]
Lorena Araujo |  Brazil | Swimming  |  | Stanozolol  |  | [34]
Fouodfi Arcangeline |  Cameroon | Weightlifting  |  | N-bisdesmethyl sibutramine  |  | [5]
Alexandros Aresti |  Cyprus | Swimming  |  | Stanozolol  |  | [58]
Chris Armstrong |  England | Football (soccer)  |  | Cannabis |  | [59]
Lance Armstrong |  United States | Cycling  |  | Erythropoietin (EPO), Human Growth Hormone, Testosterone, Cortisone, Blood transfusions (self-admitted) | Life ban  | [60]
Marco Antonio Arriagada Quinchel |  Chile | Cycling  | 2011  | Stanozolol | 4 years  | [61]
Michael Arroyo |  Ecuador | Football (soccer)  |  | cannabis |  | [62]
Silvia Artola |  Nicaragua | Weightlifting  |  | Methylhexaneamine  |  | [5]
Kasem Asaad |  Syria | Weightlifting  |  | Methandriol, Methyltestosterone  |  | [5]
Man Asaad |  Syria | Weightlifting  |  | Metandienone  |  | [5]
Yamba Asha |  Angola | Football (soccer)  |  |  |  | [citation needed]
Mohammed Asif |  Pakistan | Cricket  |  | Nandrolone  |  | [21]
Hasan Aslam |  Pakistan | Weightlifting  |  |  |  | [17]
Nuno Assis |  Portugal | Football (soccer)  |  | Nandrolone |  | [63]
Igor Astarloa |  Spain | Cycling  |  | Biological passport violation  | 2 years  | [64][65][66]
Mikel Astarloza |  Spain | Cycling  | 2009  | Erythropoietin (EPO)  | 2 years  | [67][64]
Ksenia Atamanskaya |  Kazakhstan | Swimming  |  | Fenoterol  |  | [22]
Anna Athanasiadou |  Greece | Weightlifting  |  | Methyltrienolone, Buprenorphine  |  | [5]
Mikhail Audzeyev |  Belarus | Weightlifting  |  | Boldenone, Androsterone  |  | [5]
Floren Augier |  France | Swimming  |  | Prednisone, Prednisolone  |  | [68]
Arthur Auray |  France | Water polo  |  | Cocaine  |  | [69]
Michele Aureli |  Italy | Water polo  |  | Betamethasone  |  | [69]
Niklas Axelsson |  Sweden | Cycling  | 2001
2009  | EPO
EPO, testosterone | 2 years and 8 months (Reduced from 4 years)
Life ban  | [64][70]

Murat Aygün |  Netherlands | Kickboxing  |  | Metandienone |  | [71]
Laura Azevedo |  Brazil | Swimming  |  | Anabolic steroids |  | [72]
Tariq Aziz |  Pakistan | Field hockey  |  | Cannabis  |  | [73]
Villalobos Azofeifa |  Costa Rica | Cycling  |  | GW501516 |  | [74]
Ahmed Abdelwahed |  Italy | Athletics  |  | Meldonium |  | [75]

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