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Carlo Santuccione
Carlo Santuccione (23 October 1947 – 4 March 2017) was an Italian sports doctor who was also known as ''Ali the Chemist''. Santuccione worked with Francesco Conconi at the University of Ferrara in Italy at the ''Centro Studi Biomedici Applicati allo Sport'' or Biomedical Research Institute. History Santuccione was born in Cepagatti. During the 1990s, Santuccione worked with Conconi, the man that is said to have introduced Erythropoietin or EPO to the sport of cycling. Santuccione was suspended from acting as a physician from 1995 to 2000 by the Italian National Olympic Committee. Santuccione's name appeared in the case against Francesco Conconi; and he was subject to additional investigation in 2001. In 2004, the large scale operation Oil for Drugs began in 29 Italian provinces against a doping network that Santuccione was suspected to have headed. Doping products such as Testosterone anabolic steroids, EPO, Aranesp (Darbepoetin alfa) and blood transfusion equipment (Blood do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Conconi
Francesco Conconi (born 19 April 1935 in Como, Italy) is an Italian sports doctor and scientist, with disciples such as Michele Ferrari and Luigi Cecchini. Conconi is a professor at the University of Ferrara in Italy where he heads the ''Centro Studi Biomedici Applicati allo Sport'' or Biomedical Research Institute. His research focused on tracing techniques for doping substances but he is better known for his doping activities and is said to have introduced Erythropoietin or EPO to the sport of cycling. Conconi is most famous for having ''prepared'' Francesco Moser for his successful attempt to break the world hour record in Mexico, 1984. History It was on 14 August 1980 that Conconi submitted a proposal to the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) proposing that selected Italian athletes be assisted by the staff of the University to improve their performance. Conconi proposed that he help athletes in the sports of cycling, canoeing, rowing, long-distance skiing, speed skati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |