Gareth Dawson (born 21 February 1989) is a New Zealand professional

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player.

High school

Dawson attended

Roncalli College Roncalli College is a Catholic college in Timaru, New Zealand. It was named after Pope John XXIII, whose birth name was Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli. It is a co-educational college with approximately 500 students from Year 9 to Year 13, and it is sit ...

from 2004 to 2005, and

Waitaki Boys' High School Waitaki Boys' High School is a secondary school for boys located in the northern part of the town of Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand, with day and boarding facilities, and was founded in 1883. , it has a school roll of approximately 400 students. The ...

from 2006 to 2007.Shark Gareth Dawson credits Aussie experience
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Basketball career

In 2008, Dawson played for the North Otago Penguins of the

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(CBL). In 2009, he played for the

Manawatu Jets The Manawatu Jets are a New Zealand basketball team based in Palmerston North. The Jets compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at Central Energy Trust Arena. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the Pro ...

of the National Basketball League (NBL). Dawson spent two seasons in the Australian NBL as a development player with the

Wollongong Hawks The Illawarra Hawks (formerly the Wollongong Hawks and The Hawks) is an Australian professional basketball team based in Wollongong, New South Wales. The Illawarra Hawks compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games ...

(2009/10) and

Cairns Taipans The Cairns Taipans are an Australian professional basketball team based in Cairns, Queensland. The Taipans compete in the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at the Cairns Conventio ...

(2010/11). In 2010, Dawson played for the

Southland Sharks The Southland Sharks are a New Zealand basketball team based in Invercargill. The Sharks compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at Stadium Southland. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the SBS Bank So ...

and Southland Flyers. Dawson continued on with the Sharks in 2011 before joining the

Nelson Giants The Nelson Giants are a New Zealand basketball team based in Nelson. The Giants compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at the Trafalgar Centre. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the Mike Pero Nelson ...

in 2012. Dawson returned to the Southland Sharks in 2013 and continued on with them in 2014. In May 2014, the Sharks were forced to stand down Dawson after he tested positive for a banned drug. Originally facing a two-year suspension, the Sports Tribunal were lenient after being satisfied he hadn't intentionally cheated and found his taking of prohibited substance tamoxifen was not for performance-enhancing purposes. He was instead suspended from playing for just 12 months in August 2014. After serving his ban, Dawson joined the

Canterbury Rams The Canterbury Rams are a New Zealand basketball team based in Christchurch. The Rams compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at Cowles Stadium. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as The Wheeler Motor Can ...

in April 2015. He continued on with the Rams in 2016. On 10 June 2016, Dawson signed with the Mackay Meteors for the rest of the

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. In five games for the Meteors, he averaged 9.4 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. In March 2017, Dawson re-signed with the Canterbury Rams for the 2017 season. On 18 December 2017, Dawson was banned for four years for his second anti-doping rule breach since 2014. He was suspended for the presence of a prohibited substance, higenamine, in a sample taken from him at a National Basketball League (NBL) game on May 27. The four-year period of disqualification was backdated to 31 July 2017 with Dawson banned from all organised sport until 30 July 2021.Four-year ban for New Zealand basketballer Gareth Dawson after second doping breach
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References

External links

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at rams.org.nz {{DEFAULTSORT:Dawson, Gareth 1989 births Living people Cairns Taipans players Canterbury Rams players Centers (basketball) Manawatu Jets players Nelson Giants players New Zealand expatriate basketball people in Australia New Zealand men's basketball players Power forwards Southland Sharks players Sportspeople from Timaru Wollongong Hawks players People educated at Roncalli College People educated at Waitaki Boys' High School