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Alex Schwazer

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Alex Schwazer, OMRI (born 26 December 1984), is an Italian race walker. He was the 2008 Olympic 50k walk champion. Just before the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was disqualified for two years for doping with EPO. He immediately admitted his guilt and retired. He subsequently decided to resume training with Sandro Donati, a prominent anti-doping advocate who was the one who had flagged him as suspicious to WADA in 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Alex Schwazer is the 3,743rd most popular athlete (down from 2,649th in 2024), the 4,748th most popular biography from Italy (down from 4,430th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular Italian Athlete.

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Among people born in 1984, Alex Schwazer ranks 623Before him are Boniek García, Sabri Sarıoğlu, Sanjeeda Sheikh, Alexander Farnerud, Malek Jaziri, and Guillaume Gillet. After him are Karun Chandhok, Markis Kido, Chris Weidman, Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet, Maryam Yusuf Jamal, and David Murphy.

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Among ATHLETES In Italy

Among athletes born in Italy, Alex Schwazer ranks 142Before him are Thomas Green (null), Annarita Sidoti (1969), Ivano Brugnetti (1976), Giovanni De Benedictis (1968), Elisa Uga (1968), and Elisabetta Perrone (1968). After him are Fabrizio Donato (1976), Laura Chiesa (1971), Li Tong (null), Elisa Rigaudo (1980), Karin Oberhofer (1985), and Lukas Hofer (1989).