List of sportspeople cleared of doping charges

The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople cleared of doping
Doping (sport)
The use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport is commonly referred to by the term "doping", particularly by those organizations that regulate competitions. The use of performance enhancing drugs is mostly done to improve athletic performance. This is why many sports ban the use of performance...

offences by their sports governing body. The reasons for clearance range from technical errors in the doping test process (e.g. procedure not followed, laboratory errors) to outright pardoning from the national body for the sport. In other cases, athletes may be cleared if the banned substance was taken for purely medical health reasons.
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List of cleared athletes

Name	Sport	Reason for clearance	Reference
Shoaib Akhtar Shoaib Akhtar Shoaib Akhtar is a former Pakistani right arm fast bowler in cricket, who is regarded as the fastest bowler in the history of cricket. He set an official world record by achieving the fastest delivery, when he clocked in at 161.3 km/h in his bowling speed, twice at a cricket match against...	Cricket	Tested positive for nandrolone, but was pardoned by national federation	http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/300348.html
Lance Armstrong Lance Armstrong Lance Edward Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist who won the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times, after having survived testicular cancer. He is also the founder and chairman of the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer research and support...	Cycling	Accused in 2004 of using EPO in 1999 TDF 1999 Tour de France The 1999 Tour de France was the 86th Tour de France, taking place from July 3 to July 25, 1999. It was won by Lance Armstrong, his first of 7 consecutive wins, the most in Tour history. There were no French stage winners for the first time since the 1926 Tour de France.The 1999 edition of Tour de... but not sanctioned.	http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,197602,00.html
Mohammad Asif Mohammad Asif (Pakistani cricketer) Mohammad Asif is a Pakistani right-arm fast medium bowler in cricket. Asif was born in Sheikhupura, and has played first-class cricket for Khan Research Labs, the National Bank, Quetta, Sheikhupura, Sialkot and Leicestershire...	Cricket	Tested positive for nandrolone, but was pardoned by national federation	http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/300348.html
Daniel Bailey Daniel Bailey Daniel Everton Bailey is a male sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda who specialises in the 100 metres. He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics and was a 100 m semi-finalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.He came to prominence in 2009 with a...	Athletics	Doping reports were dismissed as false	http://www.expressen.se/sport/Friidrott/1.1675997/vm-fyra-pekas-ut-som-dopad
Rutger Beke Rutger Beke Rutger Beke is a retired Belgian triathlete living in Leuven. Beke competed for the Uplace Pro Triathlon Team until he announced his retirement from professional triathlon on May 31, 2011....	Triathlon	Found not guilty	http://www.trifuel.com/news/athlete/rutger-beke-cleared-of-doping-charge-000990.php
Jay Cutler Jay Cutler (bodybuilder) Jay Cutler is an IFBB professional bodybuilder. He has won the title Mr. Olympia four times.-Vital statistics:* Height: 5'9" * Thighs: * Calves: * Arms: * Neck:...	Bodybuilding	Tests were thrown out as it failed to follow correct procedure	http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KFY/is_12_23/ai_n16034008/
Simon Daubney	Yachting	Cleared of charges that he knowingly took cocaine or any other banned substance.	http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=106&objectid=10490260 http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/news/07/1001/
Tomáš Dvořák Tomáš Dvorák Tomáš Dvořák is an athlete from the Czech Republic. He competed in decathlon and heptathlon for the team Dukla Prague. He is triple decathlon world champion and a former world record holder , which is still second performance in all-time list...	Athletics	Alleged intravenous infusions, but drugs tests were negative	http://www.iaaf.org/WCH05/news/Kind=2/newsId=31620.html
Marc Farry Marc Farry Marc-Antoine Farry is a French professional golfer.Farry was born in Paris, and started playing golf at the age of seven. He turned professional in 1979, and spent his early career teaching pro in Florida, United States....	Golf	Found to have legitimately have taken Prednisolone Prednisolone Prednisolone is the active metabolite of prednisone, which is also used as a drug.-Uses:Prednisolone is a corticosteroid drug with predominant glucocorticoid and low mineralocorticoid activity, making it useful for the treatment of a wide range of inflammatory and auto-immune conditions such as... , which had been prescribed by his doctor for tendinitis of the wrist.	http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/3136679.stm
Udi Gal Udi Gal Udi Gal is an Israeli Olympic sailor, who is a sailing world championship three-time bronze medalist.-Biography:Gal is Jewish, and was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He started sailing at 8 years of age, and started racing at 13 years of age. He competes with the club Hapoel Tel Aviv...	Sailing	Was accused using Finasteride Finasteride Finasteride is a synthetic antiandrogen that inhibits type II 5-alpha reductase, the enzyme that converts testosterone to dihydrotestosterone... . Because Gal declared using an anti-balding medicine consisting Finasteride, he was only rebuked.	http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1213794286831&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
Richard Gasquet Richard Gasquet Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year...	Tennis	Tested positive for cocaine use, but was later cleared of charges when it was determined to be a result of kissing a woman who had been using it	http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/usopen09/columns/story?columnist=ford_bonnie_d&id=4437377
Josep Guardiola Josep Guardiola Josep "Pep" Guardiola i Sala , is a Spanish football manager and former player. Guardiola played as a defensive midfielder and spent the majority of his playing career with FC Barcelona, whom he currently manages. He was part of Johan Cruyff's dream team that won Barcelona's first European Cup....	Football (soccer)	Was suspended for nandrolone use, but cleared of charges many years later	http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2007-10-23-2624293583_x.htm
Vincent Guérin Vincent Guérin Vincent Guérin is a former footballer who played in a midfield role, currently the reserve coach at Paris Saint-Germain.-Career:...	Football	The test, while positive for nandrolone, was technically incorrect	http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_264.pdf
Christian Hoffmann Christian Hoffmann Christian Hoffmann is a former Austrian cross country skier who competed since 1994. He won the bronze medal in the 50km at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano...	Cross-country skiing	Doping charges dismissed	http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/6592167.stm
Vegard Høidalen Vegard Høidalen Vegard Høidalen is a professional beach volleyball player from Norway, who twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004...	Beach volleyball	Found guilty of not revealing his whereabouts, but later cleared	http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/sport/article2904678.ece
Mark Hylton Mark Hylton Mark David Hylton is a former British 400 metres sprinter. Hylton won a silver medal in the relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....	Athletics	Ban for nandrolone was rescinded due to errors in processing the sample
Benoît Joachim Benoît Joachim Benoît Joachim is a professional road racing cyclist from Luxembourg.Joachim started his professional career at the age of 18 for a small Italian cycling team, Sonego Sport, After racing with them for three months, he was noticed by a bigger, De Nardi who were interesting him...	Cycling	The test, while positive for nandrolone, was technically incorrect	http://sport.independent.co.uk/general/article153627.ece
Ágnes Kovács Ágnes Kovács Ágnes Kovács is a former Hungarian swimmer. She won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in 200 m breaststroke....	Swimming	Excused for her irregular behavior in doping test	http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/06/content_7207061.htm
Bernard Lagat Bernard Lagat Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat is an American middle and long distance champion athlete.Lagat was born in Kapsabet, Kenya...	Athletics	Negative B sample for EPO.	http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/3156744.stm
Silken Laumann Silken Laumann Silken Suzette Laumann, MSC is a Canadian champion rower.Starting in 1976, Laumann won a number of awards, including a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the U.S. Championships, two gold medals in single sculls at the Pan American Games, a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics in the double sculls with...	Rowing	Tested positive for pseudoephedrine, but this had been prescribed to her by doctors
Iban Mayo Iban Mayo Iban Mayo Diez is a professional road bicycle racer. His successes have been overshadowed by doping....	Cycling	1. Cleared by the International Cycling Union 2. Negative B sample, cleared by national federation, but not yet by the International Cycling Union	1. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gosnm3v5MzsyDG_APHcWvgL0D-EA 2. http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gmNRbC6WSU27TjJC5JbyK4E_w3EQ
Antonio McKay Antonio McKay Antonio McKay Sr. is a former track and field athlete who specialized in the 400 meters.-Career:...	Athletics	Three-month ban for positive test for stimulants overturned by panel of national governing body
Michael Mifsud Michael Mifsud Michael Mifsud is a Maltese footballer. He is the captain of the Malta national football team, and currently plays for Valletta. He was voted Maltese Sports Person of the Year in 2001 and 2003.-Sliema Wanderers:...	Football	Unknown person ordered drugs to Mifsud's postal address	http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=120791
Diane Modahl Diane Modahl Diane Modahl, née Edwards is an English former middle distance runner.Originally from Manchester, of Jamaican parents, she was 800 m champion in the Commonwealth Games of 1990. She competed in four Olympic Games: 1988 in Seoul, 1992 in Barcelona, 1996 in Atlanta, and 2000 in Sydney...	Athletics	The test, while positive, was technically incorrect	http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/15/newsid_2559000/2559981.stm
Stanislavs Olijars Stanislavs Olijars Staņislavs Olijars is a Latvian athlete mainly competing in the 110 metres hurdles. He is the 2000 European indoor champion, and in 2002 he won European indoor and outdoor medals. His best Olympic performance was in 2004, finishing 5th. In 2006, he became European champion in the event...	Athletics		http://www.antidopings.lv/informacija/diagrammas/2001/
Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for .A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling...	Cycling	Tested positive for salbutamol, but had a medical certificate for the substance	http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/6913315.stm
Uta Pippig Uta Pippig Uta Pippig is a female long-distance runner, and the first woman to win the Boston Marathon three consecutive times . She also won the Berlin Marathon three times , the New York City Marathon once , and she represented Germany in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics...	Athletics	Suspended for two years but settlement determined ban was not legally justified.	http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADDE6866E7AB44&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
Daniel Plaza Daniel Plaza Daniel Plaza Montero is a Spanish former race walker. Plaza is most famous for having won the 20 km walk at the 1992 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Spanish track & field athlete ever to win an Olympic gold medal.Plaza tested positive for the steroid nandrolone after the 1996 Spanish...	Race walking	Cleared his name through a legal battle	http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C07%5C11%5Cstory_11-7-2006_pg2_9
Ross Rebagliati Ross Rebagliati Ross Rebagliati is a Canadian professional snowboarder.-Biography:Rebagliati was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He turned pro in 1991. He was the first ever to win an Olympic gold medal for this sport at the 1998 Winter Olympics. After winning the gold, he was found to have THC in his...	Snowboarding	Disqualified for marijuana use, overturned since marijuana was not a banned substance at the time	http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E7DF103CF930A25751C0A96E958260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/R/Rebagliati,%20Ross
Mark Richardson Mark Richardson (athlete) Mark Ashton Richardson is a British former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Great Britain in the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch and Roger Black...	Athletics	Tested positive for nandrolone Nandrolone Nandrolone is an anabolic steroid that may be present naturally in the human body, albeit in minute quantities of less than 0.4 ng/ml. Nandrolone is most commonly sold commercially as its decanoate ester and less commonly as a phenylpropionate ester... but then proved that testing for the substance was faulty as he delivered a positive test in a controlled environment.
Michael Rogers	Cycling	Suspected as a teammate tested positive, but found to have no involvement in the case	http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/nov07/nov10news
Greg Rusedski Greg Rusedski Gregory "Greg" Rusedski is a British Canadian former tennis player who turned professional in 1991 and played until his retirement on 7 April 2007, at the age of 33...	Tennis		http://www.uksport.gov.uk/news/1734/
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Jaysuma Saidy Ndure is a Gambian-Norwegian sprinter. Having changed nationality from Gambia to Norway in 2006, he holds both the Gambian and Norwegian records in both the 100 and 200 metres, and is the seventh and fourth fastest European of all times on the two distances...	Athletics	Presence of banned substance cannabis was unintended and unknowing	http://www.antidoping.no/files/%7BDF5D5220-312C-49AE-9ADB-068C109E1ADD%7D.pdf
Roman Šebrle Roman Šebrle Roman Šebrle is an athlete from the Czech Republic. He is considered to be one of the best decathlon athletes of all time. Originally a high jumper, he competes in decathlon and heptathlon for team TJ Dukla Praha and is a world record holder in the decathlon...	Athletics	Alleged intravenous infusions, but drugs tests were negative	http://www.iaaf.org/WCH05/news/Kind=2/newsId=31620.html
Gilberto Simoni Gilberto Simoni Gilberto Simoni is an Italian ex-professional road bicycle racer, most recently for . Simoni is twice winner of the Giro d'Italia cycling race...	Cycling	Tested positive for cocaine, but was later cleared of charges	http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-5977974,00.html
Kristina Šmigun	Cross-country skiing	Negative B sample for 19-norandrosterone	http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2002/02/01/smigunfallout020201.html
David Solga David Solga David Solga is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for SG Dynamo Dresden.-Career:Solga began his career in youth football in his hometown, playing for TuS Eving-Lindenhorst, before joining Brambauer SV. In 2002 he joined Lüner SV of the Oberliga , before moving upwards to play for...	Football	Tested positive for methylpseudoephedrine, but the team doctor took the blame	http://www.derwesten.de/sport/lokalsport/luenen/David-Solga-Spieler-trifft-keine-Schuld-id1141058.html
Andreas Strand	Football	Presence of banned substance cannabis was unintended and unknowing	http://www.oblad.no/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051011/SPORT/51011001
Marko Strahija Marko Strahija Marko Strahija is a backstroke swimmer from Croatia, who competed at two Summer Olympics, starting in 1996....	Swimming	Tested positive for human chorionic gonadotropin Human chorionic gonadotropin Human chorionic gonadotropin or human chorionic gonadotrophin is a glycoprotein hormone produced during pregnancy that is made by the developing embryo after conception and later by the syncytiotrophoblast .. Some tumors make this hormone; measured elevated levels when the patient is not... (hCG), but subsequently diagnosed with testicular cancer Testicular cancer Testicular cancer is cancer that develops in the testicles, a part of the male reproductive system.In the United States, between 7,500 and 8,000 diagnoses of testicular cancer are made each year. In the UK, approximately 2,000 men are diagnosed each year. Over his lifetime, a man's risk of... , of which hCG is a marker Tumor marker A tumor marker is a substance found in the blood, urine, or body tissues that can be elevated in cancer, among other tissue types. There are many different tumor markers, each indicative of a particular disease process, and they are used in oncology to help detect the presence of cancer...	http://2008.sina.com.cn/en/news/2007-12-21/13501596.html http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/17293.asp?q=Marko%20Strahija%20Doping%20Suspension%20Lifted
Marina Trandenkova Marina Trandenkova Marina Evgenevna Trandenkova is a Russian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.She competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the silver medal with her team mates Olga Bogoslovskaya, Galina Malchugina and Irina...	Athletics	Tested positive for Bromantane Bromantane Bromantane is a stimulant drug developed in Russia during the late 1980s, which acts mainly by inhibiting the reuptake of both dopamine and serotonin in the brain, although it also has anticholinergic effects at very high doses... at the 1996 Olympics. Cleared by CAS, because the banning of the substance was not announced in advance.
Gareth Turnbull	Athletics	Presence of banned substance was unintended and unknowing	http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/6090920.stm
Anita Valen Anita Valen Anita Valen is a Norwegian cyclist.She was born in Porsgrunn, and is the sister of Monica Valvik. She is married to Gerrit de Vries....	Cycling	Tested positive for caffeine, but was later cleared of charges	http://www.aftenposten.no/english/sports/article685184.ece
Ine Wigernæs	Cross-country skiing	Tested positive for caffeine, but was later cleared of charges	http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/3231757.stm
Olga Yegorova Olga Yegorova Olga Yegorova is a Russian middle distance runner.Her first international appearance came at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, where she finished 9th in the 1500m won by future world record holder Qu Yunxia...	Athletics	The test, while positive for EPO, was technically incorrect	http://sport.independent.co.uk/general/article209479.ece

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