Harun Doğan (1 January 1976 in

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, Turkey) is a Turkish retired World and European champion sports wrestler competing in the -58 kg division of men's

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. He was coached by Avni Tarhan. In 2005 he was banned from sport for life after his second doping violation.

Scandal

At the

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, he caused scandals. In his second match in the elimination round, he did not wear the official Turkish

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with the national

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insignia but his own singlet despite warnings of the team leader. At his third match, he deliberately did not show, and lost the match against Russian Murad Ramazanov by forfeit. For his unsportsmanlike behaviour, Harun Doğan was punished later by the Turkish Federation, and was not taken into the team participating at the 4th World University Wrestling Championships held 2000 in

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Doping cases

Harun Doğan was involved in a doping case at the 2002 World Wrestling Championships held in

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. He tested positive for the banned substance efedrin, and was suspended from wrestling for two years. At the 2005 Turkish National Championship Doğan tested positive for the

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metenolone, and was subsequently banned from sport for life.United World Wrestling
Anti-doping Rules Violations / Violations des Règles Antidopage
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Achievements

* 1990 World Youth Championship, Hungary - 43 kg * 1991 World Youth Championship, Canada - 47 kg * 1992 World Youth Championship, Colombia - 50 kg * 1994 European Junior Championship, Finland - 57 kg * 1995 World Wrestling Championships, USA - 57 kg * 1995 European Wrestling Championships, Switzerland - 5th 57 kg * 1996 European Wrestling Championships, Hungary - 57 kg *

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, USA - 4th 57 kg *

1997 Mediterranean Games The XIII Mediterranean Games, commonly known as the 1997 Mediterranean Games, were the 13th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Bari, Italy, from 13 to 25 June 1997, where 2,956 athletes (2,166 men and 790 women) from 21 countries partici ...

, Italy - 58 kg * 1998 European Wrestling Championships, Slovakia - 8th 58 kg * 1998 World Wrestling Championships, Iran - 58 kg * 1999 European Wrestling Championships, Russia - 58 kg *

1999 World Wrestling Championships The following is the final results of the 1999 World Wrestling Championships. Men's Freestyle competition were held in Ankara, Turkey. Men's Greco-Roman competition were held in Piraeus, Greece and Women's competition were held in Boden, Sweden. ...

, Turkey - 58 kg *

, Australia - 15th 58 kg *

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

, USA - 20th 55 kg

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