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Daniel Plaza

Daniel Plaza

Spanish racewalker

Daniel Plaza Montero (born 3 July 1966) is a Spanish former race walker who competed in the 20 km event at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics. He won a gold medal in 1992 in his native Barcelona, becoming the first Spanish track & field athlete ever to win an Olympic gold medal.[1]

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Plaza and the second or maternal family name is Montero.

Overturned drugs ban

In 2006 Plaza was cleared of a Nandrolone related drug ban by Spain's Supreme Court[2][3]

References

  1. [1]
    Daniel Plaza. sports-reference.com. Retrieved 26 January 2014
  2. [2]
    Plaza overturns 10-year-old ban. BBC Sport (10 July 2006). Retrieved 26 January 2014
  3. [3]
    Matthew Moore (30 September 2010). Sporting drugs test failures: eight most unusual explanations, from veal to Vicks inhalers. The Telegraph Retrieved 26 January 2014


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