Karolis Zlatkauskas (born 19 February 1985) is a Lithuanian

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and shooting sports, rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into sh ...

. He competed in the men's sprint event at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

. In February 2014, Zlatkauskas admitted to doping after a test performed in December 2013 revealed traces of

erythropoietin Erythropoietin (; EPO), also known as erythropoetin, haematopoietin, or haemopoietin, is a glycoprotein cytokine secreted mainly by the kidneys in response to cellular hypoxia; it stimulates red blood cell production (erythropoiesis) in the bo ...

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* 1985 births Living people Lithuanian male biathletes Olympic biathletes for Lithuania Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Vilnius {{Lithuania-biathlon-bio-stub