Hélder Mendes Abreu Ornelas (born 6 May 1974 in Nova Lisboa,

Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...

) is a Portuguese long-distance runner. He finished eighth in the long race at the 2001 World Cross Country Championships, fifteenth in the marathon at the

2006 European Athletics Championships The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Champions ...

and won the 2007 edition of the

Prague International Marathon The Prague Marathon (also known as Prague International Marathon) is an annual road running, road marathon held in the city of Prague in the Czech Republic each May. It was founded in 1995 and has grown to become a significant event, being a ...

. He also won the 2005

Milan Marathon The Milano City Marathon is a marathon race held every April in Milan, Italy. It was first organised in 2000 by the Milano City Marathon Club and the first nine editions were held in November. History The 2009 edition of the race, initially set ...

Doping

In 2012 Ornelas became the first track and field athlete to get suspended for doping based on the

biological passport An athlete biological passport is an individual electronic record for professional athletes, in which profiles of biological markers of doping and results of doping tests are collated over a period of time. Doping violations can be detected by ...

. Accordingly, he received a four-year suspension in May 2012.

Achievements

Personal bests

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

- 3:46.97 min (1996) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...

- 7:50.02 min (2000) *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...

- 13:18.56 min (2000) *

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship-level events. The ...

- 28:01.94 min (2001) *

Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish, or shortcu ...

- 1:03:27 hrs (2005) *

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...

- 2:10:00 hrs (2005)

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* 1974 births Living people Doping cases in athletics Portuguese male long-distance runners Portuguese sportspeople in doping cases Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Portugal Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent Portuguese male marathon runners {{Portugal-athletics-bio-stub

Doping

Achievements

Personal bests

See also

References

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