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JoeyBurrows Joined: 06/02/2007 Posts: 18 Favourite Category: Music

sport stars banned for drug abuse

Tue 06/02/07 12:23

Hello I work in a school and I am helping a work mate organise a drug awarness day and I need to set up an activity were the pupils have to answer questions on sport stars banned for drug abuse. I am really stuck and could do with some help any names of sports stars the lenght of there ban what they had taken. Favourite sports at school are WWE, Football, Tennis and athletics.
Please help

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JerryB Joined: 19/11/2003 Posts: 409 Favourite Category: Quizzes & Puzzles

Tue 06/02/07 12:46

Dwain Chambers - athletics - TNG (anabolic steroid) - 2 years
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwain_Chambers

JerryB Joined: 19/11/2003 Posts: 409 Favourite Category: Quizzes & Puzzles

Tue 06/02/07 12:48

In fact, actually, look at this list

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_athletes_ who_tested_positive_for_banned_substances

Question Author: JoeyBurrows Joined: 06/02/2007 Posts: 18 Favourite Category: Music

Tue 06/02/07 12:48

Thanks

Question Author: JoeyBurrows Joined: 06/02/2007 Posts: 18 Favourite Category: Music

Tue 06/02/07 12:55

That list is brilliant thank you very much.

rja211077 Joined: 26/09/2001 Posts: 2300 Favourite Category: Other Sports

Tue 06/02/07 13:00

are you interested in performance-enhancing or recreational drugs or both?

here's a few names off the top of my head to start with. i suggest that to find lengths of ban, substances taken, etc you look up their wikipedia article

Football:
Rio Ferdinand (for missing drugs test)

Athletics:
Katrin Krabbe
CJ Hunter
Justin Gatlin
Ben Johnson
Christine Ohuruogu

Tennis:
Petr Korda
Greg Rusedski (was cleared, but the workings of the case is still of interest for kids learning...and it's a familiar name)
Mariano Puerta
see http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/3381811 .stm

Cricket:
Shane Warne
Shoaib Akhtar
Mohammad Asif
Ed Giddins (recreational)
Graeme Wagg (recreational)

WWE
Do they actually do drug tests? Surely they'd all be banned?! It's not even a sport and please don't teach kids that it is!

Skiing
Alain Baxter

Snooker
Ronnie O'Sullivan (recreational)
Neal Foulds

should keep you going for a while...

Question Author: JoeyBurrows Joined: 06/02/2007 Posts: 18 Favourite Category: Music

Tue 06/02/07 13:03

Thanks. Wrestling is a sport if it keeps the occupied for 45 mins. :).

snågged Joined: 06/02/2007 Posts: 1067 Favourite Category: ChatterBank

Tue 06/02/07 22:47

The Tour De France is riddle with it...

chrisuk013 Joined: 10/01/2006 Posts: 504 Favourite Category: Football

Tue 06/02/07 22:53

adrian mutu former chelsea player ( cocaine )

JackDanielsU Joined: 24/06/2005 Posts: 2767 Favourite Category: Adverts

Tue 06/02/07 23:57

Quite a few of the WWE wrestlers have been banned for doing steriods, pot etc in recent years, some for a few months, some for longer

Rob Van Dam
Chris Masters
Joey Mercury

are 3 recentish ones the 1st for pot, the other 2 for steroid abuse - All 3 are back working now

frankief Joined: 09/03/2006 Posts: 270 Favourite Category: Other Sports

Wed 07/02/07 13:34

Keeping that list up to date must keep someone busy!
The cycling and athletics sections would probably show up most culprits.
Remember though Joey, that some sports have a more severe testing regime than others, including out of competition testing at home, and they may 'catch' more people than other sports.
Darts is not a problem sport at the moment!!

Butty Joined: 07/09/2004 Posts: 224 Favourite Category: Other Sports

Thurs 08/02/07 11:59

In horseracing most notably Kieren Fallon - banned for 6 months.

Also Warren O'Connor, fined 10,000 Euros and banned for a minimum of 10 months (although he has subsequently retired)

In recent years :

Dominique Boeuf (French champion)
Pat Valenzuela (Californian star)
Phil O'Shea
Franny Norton
Robert Miles
Larry McGrath.

They test for drugs and alcohol.

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