Jürgen Pinter (born 30 March 1979 in
Villach
Villach (; sl, Beljak; it, Villaco; fur, Vilac) is the seventh-largest city in Austria and the second-largest in the federal state of Carinthia. It is an important traffic junction for southern Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. , the ...
) is an Austrian cross-country skier. He competed in
cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreatio ...
at the
2006 Winter Olympics in
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. Th ...
.
He participated at the
. In November 2008 he was handed a four-year ban from sports for doping.
Doping scandal in Turin
Pinter was banned by the
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swis ...
(IOC) for life from the Olympic Games for his involvement in a doping scandal at the
2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. The
International Ski Federation (FIS) cleared him in their anti-doping hearing of the case while three other Austrian cross-country skiers were handed doping bans. The
World Anti-Doping Agency
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA; french: Agence mondiale antidopage, AMA) is a foundation initiated by the International Olympic Committee based in Canada to promote, coordinate, and monitor the fight against drugs in sports. The agency's k ...
(WADA) appealed Pinters case to the
Court of Arbitration for Sport
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS; french: Tribunal arbitral du sport, ''TAS'') is an international body established in 1984 to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland and its c ...
(CAS), and in November 2008 he was handed a four-year ban from sports.
[Associated Press ]
CAS bans Pinter four years for role in Turin doping scandal
espn.com, 21 November 2008
Olympic results
World Championship results
World Cup results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS).
World Cup standings
References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
Doping cases in cross-country skiing
Austrian sportspeople in doping cases
Sportspeople from Villach
Austrian male cross-country skiers
Olympic cross-country skiers of Austria
Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics