Gábor Dobos
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Gábor Dobos (born 21 February 1976 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.
He finished fifth in the 60 metres at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. His personal best time over 100 m is 10.17 seconds, achieved in July 1999 in Budapest. Dobos finished seventh with the Hungarian 4 x 100 metres relay team, which consisted of Viktor Kovács, Dobos, Roland Németh and Zsolt Szeglet, at the 1999 World Championships.
Dobos failed a doping test in 2000. In a May 2006 in-competition doping test he tested positive for drostanolone and testosterone, and was suspended from the 2006 European Championships pending the outcome of the B sample analysis. In December he was handed a life ban. [1] [2]
[edit] External link
- IAAF profile for Gábor Dobos
- ^ Xinhua. "Hungary sprinter faces lifetime ban for second doping test", People's Daily Online, 2 August 2006. Retrieved on November 30, 2006.
- ^ "Doping Rule Violation", IAAF, 21 December 2006. Retrieved on December 26, 2006.
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