José Alessandro Bernardo Bagio (born 16 April 1981 in
Orleans, Santa Catarina) is a Brazilian race walker. He won the gold medal for the 20,000 metres walk at the
2008 Ibero-American Championships
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in
Iquique, Chile
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, with a time of 1:23:12.6.
Bagio made his official debut for the
2004 Summer Olympics
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in
Athens, where he placed fourteenth in the
men's 20 km race walk, with a time of 1:23:33. At the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing, Bagio repeated his position from Athens in the
same event, with a well-improved, seasonal best time of 1:21:43, finishing behind Spain's
Benjamin Sánchez by five seconds.
On March 31, 2011, Bagio was tested positive for the steroid called
19-Norandrosterone, during a national race walking competition in Brazil, a year before. He served a two-year suspension by
IAAF
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, making him ineligible to compete for the
2011 Pan American Games
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in
Guadalajara, Mexico, and most importantly, for the
2012 Summer Olympics
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in London.
Personal bests
Track walk
*10,000 m: 39:32.0 min (ht) – Blumenau, Blumenáu, 31 August 2008
*20,000 m: 1:21:37.9 hrs (ht) – Itajaí, 15 May 2004
Road walk
*20 km: 1:21:43 hrs –
Beijing, 16 August 2008
Achievements
References
External links
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UOL Esporte 2008 Olympics profile
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1981 births
Living people
Brazilian male racewalkers
Brazilian sportspeople in doping cases
Doping cases in athletics
Olympic athletes for Brazil
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Santa Catarina (state)
Pan American Games athletes for Brazil
21st-century Brazilian people
20th-century Brazilian people
Troféu Brasil de Atletismo winners
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