Chryste Gaines, MBA - Drug Use in Sports

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Chryste Gaines, MBA Biography

Title:

Olympic Gold and Bronze Medal Sprinter

Position:

None Found to the question "Should Performance Enhancing Drugs (Such as Steroids) Be Accepted in Sports?"

Reasoning:

No position found as of Dec. 4, 2008

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Individuals and organizations that do not fit into the other star categories.

Involvement and Affiliations:

Academic Adviser, Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) Athletics
Filed appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to retain bronze medal won in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games 4x100m relay with teammates Marion Jones, Passion Richardson, Torri Edwards, and Nanceen Perry, May 1, 2008
The International Olympic Committee after Marion Jones admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs stripped Chryste Gaines and her 2000 Sydney Olympic Games relay teammates of their bronze medals, Apr. 2008
Suspended for two years by US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for using performance-enhancing drugs, 2005-2007
Accused of being provided steroids by the founder of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO), Victor Conte, 2004
Testified before BALCO grand jury, Fall 2003
Silver Medalist, 4x100m relay, World Outdoor Championships, 2003
Two-time US Indoor 60m Champion, 2001-2002
Three-time gold medalist, 4x100m relay, World Championships, 1995, 1997, and 2001
US Outdoor 100m Champion, 2001
Bronze medalist, 60m, World Indoor Championships, 2001
Bronze medalist (pending decision of the CAS as of Dec. 4, 2008), 4x100m relay, Summer Olympic Games, Sydney, Australia, 2000
Gold medalist, 4x100m relay, Summer Olympic Games, Atlanta, Georgia, 1996

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