Gábor Dobos (born 21 February 1976 in

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) is a Hungarian sprinter who specializes in the

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. He finished fifth in the

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at the

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in Birmingham. His personal best time over 100 m is 10.17 seconds, achieved in July 1999 in

. Dobos finished seventh with the Hungarian

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team, which consisted of

Viktor Kovács Viktor Kovács (born 27 December 1973) is a Hungarian sprinter specializing in the 100 metres. He finished seventh with the Hungarian 4 x 100 metres relay team, which consisted of Kovács, Gábor Dobos, Roland Németh, and Zsolt Szeglet, at th ...

, Dobos, Roland Németh and

Zsolt Szeglet Zsolt Szeglet (born 4 May 1977 in Keszthely, Zala) is a Hungarian athlete specializing in the 400 metres. Career Competing for the Baylor Bears track and field program, Szeglet won titles in the 4 × 400 m at the 2000 and 2001 NCAA outdo ...

(

ran in the final only, Miklós Gyulai ran as fourth in the semifinals), at the 1999 World Championships. Dobos failed a

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in 2000. In a May 2006 in-competition doping test he tested positive for

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and

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, and was suspended from the 2006 European Championships pending the outcome of the B sample analysis. In December he was handed a life ban.

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* 1976 births Living people Hungarian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Hungary Doping cases in athletics Hungarian sportspeople in doping cases Athletes from Budapest 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen Hungarian Athletics Championships winners {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub

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