Aleksandr Ivanov (born 25 April 1993 in
Nizhny Tagil
Nizhny Tagil ( rus, Нижний Тагил, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj tɐˈgʲil) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located east of the boundary between Asia and Europe. Population:
History
The prehistor ...
) is a Russian
race walker
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...
who has been banned for life.
The
AIU ruled in August 2022 that all results, medals, titles, points, prize money and prizes earned by Ivanov from May 7, 2012, until August 25, 2022, are null and void.
Ivanov was hit with a doping ban in March 2019 and all of his results between July 9, 2012, and August 17, 2014, were annulled meaning that he was stripped of a
gold medal
A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture.
Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
in the
20 kilometres walk event at the
2013 World Championships in Athletics
The 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (Moscow 2013) () was an international athletics competition held in Moscow, Russia, from 10–18 August 2013. Initially, Russia won the most gold medals to top the table for the first time since 200 ...
in Moscow, Russia, as well as a 2012 World Junior Championships silver medal and 2012 European Championships silver medal.
It was found he had 4-androstene-3,6, 17-trione and androsta-1,4,6-triene-3, 17-dione in his system in a urine sample taken by the
Russian Anti-Doping Agency
The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA; russian: Российское антидопинговое агентство, РУСАДА), established in January 2008, is the Russian National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO), affiliated with (but suspen ...
(RUSADA) in 2012.
It was only in 2017 that the
World Anti-Doping Agency
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA; french: Agence mondiale antidopage, AMA) is a foundation initiated by the International Olympic Committee based in Canada to promote, coordinate, and monitor the fight against drugs in sports. The agency's key ...
secured data from the Moscow laboratory, supplied by a whistleblower.
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1993 births
Living people
Russian male racewalkers
World Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia
Sportspeople from Nizhny Tagil
European Athletics Championships medalists
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