Global List of Ineligible Persons

The Athletics Integrity Unit has jurisdiction over International-Level Athletes and their Athlete Support Persons, World Athletics Officials and Member Federation Officials (limited to their dealings with World Athletics). On this page we publish a consolidated list of all persons serving a period of ineligibility in Athletics. This includes persons serving a period of ineligibility as a result of national level cases and decisions.

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*The list of currently suspended persons was last updated on 1 July 2025. Please note that it is intended for information only and should not be relied upon from a legal perspective.

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Name	Date of Birth	Nationality	Role	Sex	Discipline 1	Discipline 2	Infraction Date	Sanction	Ineligibile Until	Disqualification Period	Infraction Type	ADRV Rules	ADRV Notes	Description
PIOLANTI, Raphael	14/11/1967	FRA	Athlete	M		Athlete Support Personnel	--	Lifetime Ban	Lifetime ban		Doping	Possession Administration	Administration & Possession	Administration, Possession
PISKUNOV, Vladyslav	07/06/1978	UKR	Athlete	M	Hammer	Throws	08/08/2005	Lifetime ban (2nd ADRV)	Lifetime ban	Since 08.08.05	Doping	Presence Use	Drostanolone	In competition test, 10th World Championships, Helsinki, FIN
POLYCHRONIOU, Christos	31/03/1972	GRE	Athlete	M	Hammer	Throws	18/03/2008	Lifetime ban (2nd ADRV)	Lifetime ban	-	Doping	Evasion Refusal and or Failure to Submit	Evading, Refusing or Failing to Submit to Sample Collection	Refusal to be tested
PORTUGALOV, Sergei Nikolaevich	--		Athlete	M		Athlete Support Personnel	10/03/2017	Lifetime ban	Lifetime ban		Doping	Possession Trafficking Administration	Administration or Attempted Administration to any Athlete of a Prohibited Substance/ or Method, Trafficking or Attempted Trafficking in any Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method, Possession of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method	Possession of a Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method, Trafficking or Attempted Trafficking in any Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method, Administration or Attempted Administration of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method
QUIRINO DE MORAES, Ronaldo	--	BRA	Athlete	M		Athlete Support Personnel	--	Lifetime ban as from 24.10.16	Lifetime ban		Doping	Administration	Administration or Attempted Administration to any Athlete of a Prohibited Substance/ or Method // Trafficking or Attempted Trafficking in any Prohibted Substance or Prohibited Method	Administration or Attempted Administration of a Prohibited
SAZAK, Metin	04/02/1973	TUR	Athlete	M		Athlete Support Personnel	01/01/2015	Lifetime ban	Lifetime ban		Doping	Trafficking Administration	Administration / Trafficking	Administration, Trafficking
SEPETCI, Davut	--	TUR	Athlete	M		Athlete Support Personnel	01/11/2014	Lifetime ban from 27/11/2014	Lifetime ban		Doping	Trafficking Administration	Administration or Attempted Administration to any Athlete of a Prohibited Substance/ or Method /Trafficking or Attempted Trafficking in any Prohibted Substance or Prohibited Method	Administration of a prohibited substance Trafficking
SINGH, Jitinder	05/04/1991	IND	Athlete	M			21/10/2010	Lifetime ban (2nd ADRV)	Lifetime ban	Since 21.10.10	Doping	Presence Use	Methandienone	Out of competition, IND
SKAFIDAS, George	--	GRE	Athlete Support Personnel	M		Athlete Support Personnel	01/01/2011	Lifetime ban	Lifetime ban		Doping	Tampering Possession Trafficking Administration	Possession of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method, Trafficking or Attempted Trafficking in any Prohibted Substance or Prohibited Method, Administration or Attempted Administration to any Athlete of a Prohibited Substance/ or Method	Tampering ; Possession of a prohibited substance; Trafficking, Administration of a prohibited substance
SUN, Qinghe	--	CHN	Athlete Support Personnel	M		Athlete Support Personnel	09/05/2017	Lifetime ban as from 23/10/17	Lifetime ban		Doping	Administration	Administration or Attempted Administration to any Athlete of a Prohibited Substance/ or Method	Administration of a prohibited substance
VARANTSOU, Andrei	24/07/1975	BLR	Athlete	M	Hammer	Throws	09/10/2013	Lifetime ban	Lifetime ban	Since and including that of 09.10.13	Doping	Presence Use	Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone	Out of competition test
VIVIERS, Innis	--	RSA	Athlete	M			11/02/2005	Lifetime ban (2nd ADRV)	Lifetime ban	-	Doping	Presence Use	Stanozolol	Out of competition, RSA
YETIS, Riza	--	TUR	Athlete	M			01/11/2014	Lifetime ban from 27/11/2014	Lifetime ban	-	Doping	Trafficking Administration	Administration or Attempted Administration to any Athlete of a Prohibited Substance/ or Method // Trafficking or Attempted Trafficking in any Prohibted Substance or Prohibited Method	Administration of a prohibited substance Trafficking
YOUNG, Jerome	14/08/1976	USA	Athlete	M	400m	Sprints (400m or less)	23/07/2004	Lifetime ban (2nd ADRV)	Lifetime ban	Since 23.07-04	Doping	Presence Use	EPO	In competition test, Meeting IAAF Gaz de France, Paris, FRA
ZHANG, Shouku	19/05/1977	CHN	Athlete Support Personnel	M			05/09/2020	Lifetime ineligibility	Lifetime ban		Doping	Administration	Administration	Administration
KIPCHIRCHIR KIPLAGAT, Stephen	20/07/1990	KEN	Athlete	M		Long Distance (3000m+)	18/12/2022	4 years ineligibility	17/04/2027	Since 18.12.22	Doping	Presence Use	Exogeneous Steroids after IRMS (Androsterone, Etiocholanolone, 5αAdio)l 5βAdiol	In competiton test, in KEN
KIPKEMBOI KEMEI, Josphat	15/06/1994	KEN	Athlete	M		Long Distance (3000m+)	16/04/2023	5 years ineligibility	21/04/2029	Since 16.04.23	Doping	Presence Use	Exogenous Steroids after IRMS ( Androsterone, Etiocholanone, 5aAdiol & 5bAdiol)	In competiton test, in Yangzhou Jianzhen Half Marathon, Yangzhou, CHN
ZHANG, Baihui	23/11/1995	CHN	Athlete	M		Long Distance (3000m+)	12/11/2023	3 years ineligibility	17/01/2027	Since 12.11.23	Doping	Presence Use	erythropoietin (EPO)	In competiton test, in CHN
KWEMOI, Rodgers	03/03/1998	KEN	Athlete	M		Long Distance (3000m+)	18/07/2016	6 years ineligibility	07/08/2029	Since 18.07.16	Doping	Use	Use	Use
FARMAN, Ali	06/08/2001	IND	Athlete	M	Race Walk		30/10/2023	2 years ineligibility	28/01/2026	Since 30.10.23	Doping	Presence Use	morphine	In competiton test, at 37th National Games Goa 2023, Goa, IND
SAWE, Mathew	--	KEN	Athlete	M		Middle Distance (800m-1500m)	26/04/2022	4 years ineligibility with 4 years ineligibility added to the original sanction	09/07/2030	Since 26.04.22	Doping	Presence Use Tampering	Triamcinolone acetonide & Tampering	In competiton test, at Kenyan Championships, Nairobi, KEN
KIPKEMOI, Kevin Nash	28/08/1999	KEN	Athlete	M		Sprints (400m or less)	02/11/2023	3 years ineligibility	04/02/2027	Since 02.11.23	Doping	Presence Use	19-norandrosterone	Out-of-competition test, in KEN
LAGAT, Alex	06/01/1992	KEN	Athlete	M		Middle Distance (800m-1500m)	03/09/2023	3 years ineligibility	25/12/2026	Since 03.09.23	Doping	Presence Use	Triamcinolone acetonide	In competiton test, in Tychy Half Marathon, Tychy, POL
KOSGEY, Victor	22/03/1988	KEN	Athlete	M		Long Distance (3000m+)	27/11/2022	3 years ineligibility	12/02/2026	Since 27.11.22	Doping	Presence Use	Salbutamol greater than the Decision Limit (The concentration level in the Sample is 2.64 µg/mL) &Trimetazidine	In competiton test, in KEN
CHAVKIN, Nikolay	24/04/1984	RUS	Athlete	M		Long Distance (3000m+)	04/07/2012	2 years & 6 months ineligibility	27/09/2026	Since 04.07.12-03.01.15	Doping	Use	(McLaren & LIMS evidence)	(McLaren & LIMS evidence)

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