Blake Leeper

Blake Leeper

Leeper (left) at the 2012 Paralympics Men's 400m T44 victory ceremony.
Personal information
Born August 31, 1989 (1989-08-31) (age 26)[1]
Residence Chula Vista, California, USA[1]
Medal record
Track and field (athletics)
Competitor for  United States
Paralympic Games
2012 London 400m - T43
2012 London 200m - T43
IPC World Championships
2013 Lyon 4x100m T42-46
2011 Christchurch 4x100m T42-46
2013 Lyon 100m - T43
2013 Lyon 200m - T43
2013 Lyon 400m - T43

Blake Leeper (born August 31, 1989) is a United States Paralympic athlete. He is serving a one-year ban through June 2016 because he tested positive for cocaine.

Biography

Blake Leeper was born in Kingsport, Tennessee with both legs missing below the knee, and has worn prosthetics since nine months of age. In his childhood, Blake participated in various sports, baseball, basketball etc. with his dad coaching. Blake credits his outstanding positive attitude to his family. He studies medicine at the University of Tennessee.[1]

Leeper made his international debut in 2009 at Rio de Janeiro. In 2011 he won a silver medal in the World Championships 4 x 100m Relay T42-46 classification with a time of 42.84. In the 2012 Paralympic Games, he won an individual silver medal in the 400 meter T44 event and a bronze medal in the 200m T44 event with a time of 22.46.[2]

On Feb. 1, 2016, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency announced that Leeper tested positive for benzoylecgonine from a sample collected on June 21, 2015 at the U.S. Paralympic Track & Field National Championships held in St. Paul, Minn. Benzoylecgonine is a metabolite of cocaine, a substance in the class of Stimulants prohibited under the USADA Protocol for Olympic and Paralympic Movement Testing and the International Paralympic Committee Anti-Doping Code, both of which have adopted the World Anti-Doping Code (“Code”) and the World Anti-Doping Agency Prohibited List. It was determined that Leeper’s use of cocaine was not intended to enhance performance, and in consideration of other mitigating factors, he was deemed eligible for a reduced, one-year sanction.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "LEEPER Blake". Athlete Biographies. paralympic.org. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
  2. ↑ Bensch, Bob (September 8, 2012). "Pistorius Wins 400 Meters for First Paralympics Individual Gold". Bloomberg News. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
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