Kicker Vencill is an American

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, who won a

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against a

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company for having contaminated

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s which caused him to be suspended from swimming for two years from 2003, even though they were prescribed to him by his doctor. The court awarded him over US$500,000.http://swimming.about.com/b/a/169829.htm?p=1 Swimmer's Doping Ban Due to Contaminated Vitamins He started swimming aged four in Richmond,

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. He went on to swim for Model Laboratory School in high school and

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in college. He represented

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at the

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American male swimmers Living people People from Richmond, Kentucky Swimmers from Kentucky Competitors at the 2001 Summer Universiade Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-swimming-bio-stub