Dean Capobianco

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Dean Capobianco (born 11 May 1970) is a former mainly 200 metre sprinter from Western Australia. He won the 1990 Stawell Gift.

In 1993, he became the fastest white man in the world in the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, when he set a new personal best of 20:18 seconds over 200 metres.[1]

In 1996 Capobianco was banned from competition for four years by the IAAF for taking the banned anabolic steroid stanozolol.[2] He unsuccessfully appealed against the ban, claiming he had eaten contaminated meat.[3]

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[edit] Results

[edit] World Athletics Championships

Venue Event Place Time
1999 World Championships in Athletics, Seville, Spain 200m - Men 7th 21.48
1995 World Championships in Athletics, Gothenburg, Sweden 200m - Men 5th 20.88
1993 World Championships in Athletics, Stuttgart, Germany 200m - Men 4th 20.18
1991 World Championships in Athletics, Tokyo, Japan 200m - Men 3rd 20.77
1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics, Sudbury, Canada 200m 2nd 21.57

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[edit] Olympics

Venue Event Place Time
1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona 200m - Men 1st (Round 1, heat 8) 20.86
1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona 200m - Men 4th (Round 2, heat 3) 20.61
1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta 200m - Men 4th (Qualifying, heat 8) 20.76
1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta 200m - Men 7th (Quarter final, heat 2) 21.03
1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta 4 x 100m Relay - Men 1st (Qualifying, heat 5) 38.93
1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta 4 x 100m Relay - Men disqualified (Semi-final, heat 2)
1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta 4 x 400m Relay - Men 4th (Qualifying, heat 1) 3:03.73
1986 Summer Olympics, Atlanta 4 x 400m Relay - Men 7th (Semi-final, heat 1) 3:04.55

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[edit] External link

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sports Stars of the Year from 1956. WA Sports Federation. Retrieved on 2007-12-27.
  2. ^ "Capobianco banned for taking steroids", coolrunningaustralia, 17 March 1997. Retrieved on 2007-12-26. 
  3. ^ "Eating meat - a new form of doping?", BBC News, November 14, 1997. Retrieved on 2007-12-26. 
  4. ^ IAAF.org - Results
  5. ^ Athlete: Dean Capobianco - Australian Olympic Committee