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Hélder Ornelas

Hélder Ornelas

Portuguese long-distance runner

Hélder Mendes Abreu Ornelas (born 6 May 1974 in Nova Lisboa, Angola) 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 and won the 2007 edition of the Prague International Marathon. He also won the 2005 Milan Marathon

Doping

In 2012 Ornelas became the first track and field athlete to get suspended for doping based on the biological passport.[1][2] He received a four-year suspension in May 2012.[3]

Achievements

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Personal bests

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Runner banned in doping case". ESPN. The Associated Press. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Six new athletes sanctioned under the IAAF Athlete Biological Passport programme". iaaf.org. IAAF. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 26.06.14". iaaf.org. IAAF. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.



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