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
VIVIERS, Innis	--	RSA	Athlete	M			11/02/2005	Lifetime ban (2nd ADRV)	Lifetime ban	-	Doping	Presence Use	Stanozolol	Out of competition, RSA
SHEKHODANOVA, Natalya	29/12/1971	RUS	Athlete	F	100m Hurdles	Sprints (400m or less)	22/02/2004	Lifetime ban	Lifetime ban	-	Doping	Presence Use	Stanozolol	In competition test, IAAF Indoor Athena, Athens, GRE
CHANG, Weijie	10/04/1983	CHN	Athlete Support Personnel	M		Athlete Support Personnel	08/07/2024	Life Ban	Lifetime ban		Doping	Possession	Possession	Possession
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
AZIKE, Henry	07/01/1989	NGR	Athlete	M	100m	Sprints (400m or less)	05/12/2012	Lifetime ban (2nd ADRV)	Lifetime ban	Since 05-12-12	Doping	Presence Use	Metenolone	Out of competition test, Lagos, NGR
PIZHANKOVA, Darya	09/01/1990	UKR	Athlete	F	100m	Sprints (400m or less)	14/08/2013	Lifetime ban	Lifetime ban	Since 14-08-13	Doping	Presence Use	Drostanolone	In-competition test, IAAF World Athletic Championships, Moscow, RUS
VOWELL, Michael	--	USA	Athlete Support Personnel	M		Athlete Support Personnel	10/12/2023	Life Ban	Lifetime ban	Since 10.12.23	Doping	Possession Administration	Possession, Administration	Possession, Administration
KAHRAMANOGLU, Caglar	--	TUR	Athlete	M			01/11/2014	Lifetime ban	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
ZHANG, Shouku	19/05/1977	CHN	Athlete Support Personnel	M			05/09/2020	Lifetime ineligibility	Lifetime ban		Doping	Administration	Administration	Administration
EROKHIN, Igor	04/09/1986	RUS	Athlete	M	50km Walk	Long Distance (3000m+)	25/02/2011	Lifetime ban as from 25/02/2011	Lifetime ban		Doping	Use	Athlete Biological Passport	Use or Attempted Use by an Athlete of a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method
TOROITICH, Beatrice	15/12/1981	KEN	Athlete	F		Long Distance (3000m+)	20/11/2022	Lifeban as from 22/11/2023	Lifetime ban	Since 20.11.22	Doping	Presence Use	canrenone, 19-norandrosterone, clomifene	In competiton test, at MTN Kampala Marathon, Kampala
ESMER, Sevinc	--	TUR	Athlete	F		Athlete Support Personnel	01/11/2014	Lifetime ban as from 27/11/2014	Lifetime ban		Doping	Administration	Administration or Attempted Administration to any Athlete of a Prohibited Substance/ or Method	Administration of a prohibited substance
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
EMELYANOV, Stanislav	23/10/1990	RUS	Athlete	M	20km Walk	Long Distance (3000m+)	11/10/2015	Lifetime ban as from 15.12.17 (3rd ADRV)	Lifetime ban	-	Doping	Use	Athlete Biological Passport	Athlete Biological Passport Case
MENGXIANG, Li	07/02/2002	CHN	Athlete Support Personnel	M		Athlete Support Personnel	08/07/2024	Life Ban	Lifetime ban		Doping	Possession Administration	Possession, Administration	Possession, Administration
LU, Yajie	28/03/1975	CHN		F			19/07/2024	Life Ban	Lifetime ban	Since 19.07.24	Doping	Administration	Administration	Administration
NAIMOVA, Tezdzhan	01/05/1987	BUL	Athlete	F	100m Hurdles	Sprints (400m or less)	03/03/2013	Lifetime ban (2nd ADRV)	Lifetime ban	Since 03-03-13	Doping	Presence Use	Drostanolone	European Athletics Indoor Championships, Gothenburg SWE
BELL, Kenta	16/03/1977	AFG	Athlete	M		Athlete Support Personnel	01/07/2015	Lifetime Ban	Lifetime ban		Doping	Possession Trafficking Administration Complicity	Administration, Trafficking, Possession and Complicity	Administration, Trafficking , Possession, Complicity
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
AKULINUSHKINA, Tatyana	06/04/1994	RUS	Athlete	F	Race Walk		15/02/2013	Only Disqualification of results	--	From 11.05.13-19.02.15	Doping	Use	(LIMS evidence)	(LIMS evidence)
ALSALEH, Monira	18/05/1985	SYR	Athlete	F	200m	Sprints (400m or less)	26/02/2010	Lifetime ban (2nd ADRV)	Lifetime ban	Since 26-02-10	Doping	Presence Use	Stanozolol and Metenolone	In competition test, 'Asian Indoor Championships', Tehran IRI
PAVLYSH, Vita	15/01/1969	UKR	Athlete	F	Shot Put	Throws	05/03/2004	Lifetime ban (2nd ADRV)	Lifetime ban	Since 05.03.04	Doping	Presence Use	Stanozolol	In competition test, IAAF Wolrd Indoor Championships, Budapest, HUN
HELTNE, Anca	--	ROU	Athlete	F		Athlete Support Personnel	--	Lifetime ban (3rd ADRV)	Lifetime ban	Since 10.06.20	Doping	Trafficking Administration Complicity	Trafficking,Administration,Complicity	Trafficking,Administration,Complicity
BLONSKA, Lyudmila	09/11/1977	UKR	Athlete	F	Heptathlon	Combined Events	16/08/2008	Lifetime ban (2nd ADRV)	Lifetime ban	Since 16-08-08	Doping	Presence Use	Methyltestosterone	In competition test, 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing, China
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

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