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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Alex Schwazer is the 3,612th most popular athlete (down from 2,686th in 2019), the 4,665th most popular biography from Italy (down from 4,430th in 2019) and the 137th most popular Italian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alex Schwazer ranks 3,612 out of 6,025. Before him are Yuliia Dzhima, Rolando Tucker, Róbert Fazekas, L. J. van Zyl, Elisabetta Perrone, and Elena Khrustaleva. After him are Gao Feng, Fabrizio Donato, Lorenzo Sotomayor, Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet, Maryam Yusuf Jamal, and Zhang Ling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Alex Schwazer ranks 602. Before 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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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alex Schwazer ranks 4,666 out of 5,161. Before him are Aldo Junior Simoncini (1986), Andrea Noè (1969), Manuele Blasi (1980), Luigi Sartor (1975), Fabrizio Guidi (1972), and Elisabetta Perrone (1968). After him are Corrado Sanguineti (1964), Paolo Canè (1965), Maurizio Stecca (1963), Fabrizio Donato (1976), Roberto Baronio (1977), and Stefano Sensi (1995).

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Among ATHLETES In Italy

Among athletes born in Italy, Alex Schwazer ranks 137. Before him are Marco Galiazzo (1983), Thomas Green (null), Annarita Sidoti (1969), Ivano Brugnetti (1976), Giovanni De Benedictis (1968), and Elisabetta Perrone (1968). After him are Fabrizio Donato (1976), Li Tong (null), Elisa Rigaudo (1980), Karin Oberhofer (1985), Lukas Hofer (1989), and Roberto Di Donna (1968).

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