Stephanie Graf (born 26 April 1973, in

Klagenfurt Klagenfurt am WörtherseeLandesgesetzblatt 2008 vom 16. Jänner 2008, Stück 1, Nr. 1: ''Gesetz vom 25. Oktober 2007, mit dem die Kärntner Landesverfassung und das Klagenfurter Stadtrecht 1998 geändert werden.'/ref> (; ; sl, Celovec), usually ...

) is an Austrian former

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who won silver medals in the

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at both the

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and the

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. In June 2010 Graf was suspended for two years for an anti-doping rule violation.

Biography

Graf finished second to Maria de Lurdes Mutola in the women's 800 meters at both the

2000 Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

in Sydney and the 2001 World Athletics Championships in

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. Her time from the 2000 Olympics, 1:56.64 minutes, is the current Austrian 800 metres record. Proceedings were issued against Graf by the Austria's anti-doping authority in May 2010. Following the revelation that the Humanplasma laboratory had aided around 30 athletes with

blood doping Blood doping is a form of doping in which the number of red blood cells in the bloodstream is boosted in order to enhance athletic performance. Because such blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to the muscles, a higher concentration in the bl ...

practices, Graf admitted that her blood had been taken at the lab, but insisted that it had never been re-injected (which would have improved her performances). In June 2010 Graf was suspended for two years for the attempted use of a prohibited method.IAAF:
Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an anti-doping rule violation
'' 11. December 2010

References

External links

Official website
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1973 births Austrian female middle-distance runners Austrian sportspeople in doping cases Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Doping cases in athletics European Athletics Championships medalists Living people Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Austria Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Klagenfurt World Athletics Championships medalists Goodwill Games medalists in athletics European Athlete of the Year winners Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games {{Austria-athletics-bio-stub