José_Alessandro_Bagio

José Alessandro Bagio

José Alessandro Bagio

Brazilian racewalker

José Alessandro Bernardo Bagio (born 16 April 1981 in Orleans, Santa Catarina) is a Brazilian race walker.[1] He won the gold medal for the 20,000 metres walk at the 2008 Ibero-American Championships in Iquique, Chile, with a time of 1:23:12.6.

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Bagio made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed fourteenth in the men's 20 km race walk, with a time of 1:23:33. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Bagio repeated his position from Athens in the same event, with a well-improved, seasonal best time of 1:21:43, finishing behind Spain's Benjamin Sánchez by five seconds.[2]

On March 31, 2011, Bagio was tested positive for the steroid called 19-Norandrosterone, during a national race walking competition in Brazil, a year before. He served a two-year suspension by IAAF, making him ineligible to compete for the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, and most importantly, for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[3]

Personal bests

Track walk

  • 10,000 m: 39:32.0 min (ht) – Brazil Blumenáu, 31 August 2008
  • 20,000 m: 1:21:37.9 hrs (ht) – Brazil Itajaí, 15 May 2004

Road walk

  • 20 km: 1:21:43 hrs – China Beijing, 16 August 2008

Achievements

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References

  1. [1]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "José Alessandro Bagio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Men's 20km Race Walk". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Brazilian race walker suspended 2 years for doping". USA Today. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2012.


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