Ekaitz Saies

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Ekaitz Saies
Medal record

Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Gold	2009 Dartmouth	K-1 4 x 200 m

Ekaitz Saies (born 2 March 1982 in Donostia) is a Spanish sprint canoer who has been competing since the late 2000s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 4 x 200 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth.

In 2001 he tested positive to Nandrolone and was banned for six months by the RFEP (Real Federacion Española de Piragüismo). He claimed to have a genetic mutation that induced his body to produce the chemical and offered as proof the fact that his father also tested positive to Nandrolone. However a jury determined that such genetic mutations have not been recorded anywhere in the medical literature and in 2010 after his retirement he admitted to have lied to the jury and revealed to a member of the RFEP that his father had been injecting himself with Nandrolone to make is claim more credible. He was latter ordered to take down his website where he had claimed his innocence for so many years.

References

Canoe09.ca profile

In 2001 he tested possitive to Nandrolone and was banned for six months by the RFEP (Real Federacion Española de Piragüismo).

v t e World Champions in Men's Canoe Sprint K-1 4 x 200 m relay

2009: Spain Francisco Llera Saúl Craviotto Carlos Pérez Ekaitz Saies 2010: Spain Saúl Craviotto Francisco Llera Pablo Andrés Carlos Pérez 2011: Spain Saúl Craviotto Rivero Ekaitz Saies Sistiaga Carlos Pérez Pablo Andrés 2013: Poland Piotr Siemionowski Denis Amroziak Sebastian Szypula Dawid Putto

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Name	Saies, Ekaitz
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Short description	Spanish canoeist
Date of birth	2 March 1982
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