Tony Andre Hansen (born 23 February 1979, in

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) is a

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and musician.

Beijing Olympics Controversy

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, Hansen initially won the bronze medal in team jumping as part of the Norwegian team, together with

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, Stein Endresen, and Geir Gulliksen. However, after failing the first of two doping tests, neither Hansen nor his horse, Camiro, was allowed to participate in the individual jumping competition. The

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(FEI) provisionally suspended the horse after detecting the illegal substance

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in his urine. If the second, or B, test was also found positive for capsaicin, Norway were likely to lose the bronze medal that the equestrian team had won on 18 August 2008. On 28 August, it was announced that the B test was also positive. A hearing on the doping charges was held in

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, Switzerland on 6 September; the FEI then had 28 days to make a decision with regards to the charges. Without new evidence to clear Hansen, he and the other members of the Norwegian Olympic equestrian team would lose their bronze medals. Hansen was cautiously optimistic at the start of the FEI hearings, stating that the amounts of capsaicin found on his horse "could have entered the horse's system without any doping substance itself being used". However, on 22 December 2008, the FEI returned their verdict: Hansen was found guilty of the doping charge and he was to be suspended from the sport for four and a half months. The Norwegian team was

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of their bronze medal; the Swiss team, who had previously placed fourth, were promoted to bronze medal winners. Hansen appealed the verdict to the

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in January 2009 but his appeal was unsuccessful. A further appeal to the Swiss Supreme Court in 2010 also failed.

Personal life

He is the guitarist and background singer of the band Ovation.The rocking horse rider (englisch)
Hansen has never married, but has a son, Dylan (* 2009).

Horses

* ''Camiro'', Owner: Kjell Christian Ulrichsen * ''Ecu de Mieukestelt''

References

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