Hélio Gomes (born 27 December 1984) is a Portuguese athlete specializing in the
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 ...
. In July 2017, the now
Sporting CP
Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries, athlete tested positive for doping.
Atleta do Sporting acusa positivo
Renascença
Competition record
Personal bests
Outdoor
*800 metres
The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...
– 1:49.60 (Cáceres 2006)
*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 ...
– 3:38.49 (Mataró 2012)
Indoor
*800 metres
The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...
– 1:49.63 (Espinho 2005)
*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 ...
– 3:39.46 (Gothenburg 2013)
See also
* List of doping cases in sport
The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found to have, or have admitted to having, taken Doping (sport), illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recrea ...
References
External links
IAAF profile
1984 births
Living people
Portuguese male middle-distance runners
World Athletics Championships athletes for Portugal
S.L. Benfica athletes
Portuguese sportspeople in doping cases
Doping cases in athletics
Competitors at the 2009 Summer Universiade
21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
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