Rebeca Gusmão
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| Full name | Rebeca Braga Lakiss Gusmão | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Brazilian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 24, 1984 Brasília, DF, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | AABB, Distrito Federal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rebeca Gusmão (born August 24, 1984) is a former
Gusmão won the women's 50 and 100 freestyle events at the 2007 Pan Ams; however, all her results (times and placings) from those Games were later nullified due to a positive doping-control test. Her medals were also revoked.
Doping sanction/banning
There are 3 testing groups that are relevant to Rebeca Gusmão's doping sanctions:
- an in-competition test from May 25–26, 2006,
- an out-of-competition test on July 13, 2007, and
- the in-competition tests from the 2007 Pan American Games.
Basically, the 2006 test and the out-of-competition test were positive for testosterone; the in-competition tests showed signs of tampering.
On November 5, 2007, Rebeca Gusmão received a provisionally suspension by
On December 13, 2007,
On May 16, 2008, the FINA Doping Panel declared Gusmão ineligible for 2 years (beginning November 2, 2007) for the out-of-competition result.[3]
On July 28, 2008, the FINA Doping Panel declared Gusmão ineligible for 2 years (beginning July 17, 2008) for the May 2006 test which contained testosterone. With this decision, all results from May 25, 2006 forward were nullified.[4]
Then September 3, 2008, the FINA Doping Panel banned Gusmão for life ("ineligible for lifetime") due to tampering.[5] All results from July 18, 2007 and forward were (again) annulled.
The full FINA Doping Panel decision from September 3, 2008 can be found online here.
See also
- List of South American records in swimming
- List of Brazilian records in swimming
- List of doping cases in sport
References
- ^ FINA Doping Panel Decision -- Rebeca Gusmão 2007-11-05. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
NOTE: Only the 2008-09-03 decision related to Gusmão is now present on the FINA site. - ^ Brazilian swimmer Gusmao suspended for testing positive for testosterone. USA Today. Published 2007-11-05
- ^ FINA Doping Panel Decision - Rebecca Gusmao (BRA) Friday, 16 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
NOTE: Only the 2008-09-03 decision related to Gusmão is now present on the FINA site. - ^ FINA Doping Panel Decision - Rebecca Gusmao (BRA) Monday, 28 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
NOTE: Only the 2008-09-03 decision related to Gusmão is now present on the FINA site. - ^ FINA Doping Panel Decision - Rebecca Gusmao (BRA); posted on the FINA website on 2008-09-03. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- UOL Profile (with photo) (in Portuguese)
- Information about the testosterone affair (with photo) (in Portuguese)
- Gusmão's defense (with photos) (in Portuguese)
- Loss of XV Pan American Games medals (in Portuguese)
- Definitive prohibition in competitions (in Portuguese)