José Alessandro Bernardo Bagio (born 16 April 1981 in

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) is a Brazilian race walker. He won the gold medal for the 20,000 metres walk at the 2008 Ibero-American Championships in

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, with a time of 1:23:12.6. Bagio made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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, where he placed fourteenth in the men's 20 km race walk, with a time of 1:23:33. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, 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, making him ineligible to compete for the

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, and most importantly, for the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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Personal bests

Track walk

*10,000 m: 39:32.0 min (ht) – Blumenáu, 31 August 2008 *20,000 m: 1:21:37.9 hrs (ht) –

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, 15 May 2004

Road walk

*20 km: 1:21:43 hrs –

, 16 August 2008

Achievements

References

External links

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UOL Esporte 2008 Olympics profile
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