Trevor Graham

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Trevor Graham is a Jamaican-born athletics coach, based in the United States.

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[edit] Athletics career

Graham was part of the silver medal winning Jamaican 4×400m team at the 1988 Summer Olympics, running in the first round and semi-final, though not the final.[1][2] He is a graduate from Saint Augustine's College with a degree in Business Management.[3]

[edit] Coaching career

[edit] Sprint Capitol USA

Formed in 1993 by Graham and incorporated in 1997, Sprint Capitol USA was based at the Paul Derr Track on the North Carolina State University Main Campus in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Among the athletes who joined and trained with the group were:

[edit] BALCO scandal

Graham played a critical role in the BALCO (Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative) scandal of June 2003, anonymously sending a syringe containing the designer steroid Tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) to the United States Anti-Doping Agency. In July 2006, Angel Guillermo Heredia testified before a US Federal Grand Jury that he had worked for Graham from 1996 to 2000, providing illegal performance enhancing drugs. While a number of athletes coached by Trevor Graham have received suspensions for drug use, he has always denied direct knowledge or involvement, and denies having ever met Heredia.[5]. After Gatlin failed a test for testosterone, announced in July 2006, Graham stated in an interview that Gatlin had been set up [6][4]

An unsent letter written by BALCO's Victor Conte to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency described the use of an oral testosterone by Graham that "will clear the body and be undetectable in urine in less than a week after discontinuing use." At the end of the letter, Gatlin was one of four athletes identified as using the drug.[7]

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said on July 31, 2006 that Graham could face a two-year ban if evidence links him to any doping violations and the United States Anti-Doping Agency decides not to take action[8].

On August 3, 2006 the United States Olympic Committee banned Trevor Graham from its training facilities[9]. This was the first time a coach has received such a ban based on the excessive number athletes in their charge who have tested positive. As a result of the above events, Nike ended its contract with Graham in August 2006[10].

On May 29, 2008 Graham was convicted of one count of lying to federal investigators. A mistrial was declared on two other counts as jurors could not reach a unanimous agreement.[11]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Results of 1988 Seoul Summer Olympic Game: Athletics – 4x400m relay Men: Round 1. Japan Institute of Sports Sciences. Retrieved on 2006-08-25.
  2. ^ Results of 1988 Seoul Summer Olympic Game: Athletics – 4x400m relay Men: Semi-final. Japan Institute of Sports Sciences. Retrieved on 2006-08-25.
  3. ^ Sprint Capitol, USA - Coaches & Staff. Sprint Capitol USA (2005). Retrieved on 2006-08-25.
  4. ^ a b Mackay, Duncan. "Gatlin turns into the fastest falling hero in the world", The Guardian, 2006-07-31. Retrieved on 2006-08-25. 
  5. ^ Wilson, Duff. "Instigator of Steroids Inquiry May Be a Target", New York Times, 2006-07-20. Retrieved on 2006-08-25. 
  6. ^ Pells, Eddie. "Gatlin set up: coach", Associated Press, Globe and Mail, 2006-07-31. Retrieved on 2006-08-25. 
  7. ^ "In with the wrong crowd", The Daily Telegraph, 2006-08-01. Retrieved on 2006-08-25. 
  8. ^ "IAAF: Gatlin's coach might face two-year ban", Associated Press, 2006-08-07. Retrieved on 2006-08-25. 
  9. ^ "USOC bans track coach Graham from training sites", Associated Press, 2006-08-07. Retrieved on 2006-08-25. 
  10. ^ "Nike ends contract with track coach Graham", Associated Press, 2006-08-25. Retrieved on 2006-08-25. 
  11. ^ Dubow, Josh; Paul Elias and Raf Casert (2008-05-30). Track coach Graham convicted in BALCO probe. Tampa Bay Online. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.

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