Aleksandr Gennadiyevich Pogorelov (russian: Александр Геннадьевич Погорелов; born 10 January 1980 in
Zheleznogorsk,
Kursk Oblast) is a Russian
decathlete
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ ...
.
Career
In 2016, he was disqualified from the
Beijing 2008 Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...
following reanalysis of his samples from the 2008 Olympics, resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance
turinabol.
His results from 23 August 2008 till 29 February 2010 were annulled.
Achievements
References
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1980 births
Living people
Russian decathletes
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Russia
World Athletics Championships medalists
Doping cases in athletics
Russian sportspeople in doping cases
Sportspeople from Kursk Oblast
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