Dean Capobianco
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Dean Capobianco (born 11 May, 1970) is an Australian businessman and former athlete. As an athlete he is best known as a sprinter. He won the 1990 Stawell Gift.
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[edit] Athletics
In 1993, he became the fastest white man in the world in the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, when he set a new personal best of 20.18 seconds over 200 metres.[1]
[edit] Drug ban
In 1996 Capobianco was banned from competition for four years by the IAAF for taking the banned anabolic steroid stanozolol.[2][3] He unsuccessfully appealed against the ban, claiming he had eaten contaminated meat.[4]
[edit] Results
[edit] World Athletics Championships
| Venue | Event | Place | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 World Championships in Athletics, Seville, Spain | 200 m - Men | Heats | 21.48 |
| 1995 World Championships in Athletics, Gothenburg, Sweden | 200 m - Men | 5th | 20.88 |
| 1993 World Championships in Athletics, Stuttgart, Germany | 200 m - Men | 4th | 20.18 |
[edit] Olympics
| Venue | Event | Place | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona | 200 m - Men | 1st (Round 1, heat 8) | 20.86 |
| 1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona | 200 m - Men | 4th (Round 2, heat 3) | 20.61 |
| 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta | 200 m - Men | 4th (Qualifying, heat 8) | 20.76 |
| 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta | 200 m - Men | 7th (Quarter final, heat 2) | 21.03 |
| 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta | 4 x 100 m Relay - Men | 1st (Qualifying, heat 5) | 38.93 |
| 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta | 4 x 100 m Relay - Men | disqualified (Semi-final, heat 2) | |
| 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta | 4 x 400 m Relay - Men | 4th (Qualifying, heat 1) | 3:03.73 |
| 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta | 4 x 400 m Relay - Men | 7th (Semi-final, heat 1) | 3:04.55 |
[edit] Business career
Capobianco became a commercial director with ninemsn in early 2011.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ "Sports Stars of the Year from 1956". WA Sports Federation. http://www.wasportsfed.asn.au/anz_sports_star.php. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
- ^ IAAF: IAAF Arbitration Panel decides that Capobianco committed doping offence. 17 March 1997
- ^ "Capobianco banned for taking steroids". coolrunningaustralia. 1997-03-17. http://www.coolrunning.com.au/news/1997n002.shtml. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
- ^ "Eating meat - a new form of doping?". BBC News. 1997-11-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/31632.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
- ^ IAAF.org - Results
- ^ Athlete: Dean Capobianco - Australian Olympic Committee
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Categories:
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Australian sprinters
- Olympic athletes of Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Stawell Gift winners
- Australian sportspeople in doping cases
- Doping cases in athletics
- Western Australian Sports Star of the Year winners
- People from Perth, Western Australia
