The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found, or have admitted to, having taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recreational drugs or have been suspended by a sporting body for failure to submit to mandatory drug testing.

For a list of all sportspeople disqualified for drug use from the Olympic Games, see doping at the Olympic Games.

For a list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping cases, but whose names have been cleared, see the list of sportspeople cleared of doping charges.

Contents: Top - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Horses


A

Name Country Sport Banned substance Reference
Fritz Aanes  Norway Greco-Roman wrestling Norandrosterone, Noretiochdandone [1]
Sara Abbazova  Azerbaijan Powerlifting Nandrolone [2]
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov  Uzbekistan Cycling Clenbuterol [3]
Ahmed Abdelraouf  Egypt Athletics Norandrosterone [4]
Johan Ackermann  South Africa Rugby union Nandrolone [5]
Phillip Adams  Australia Shooting Hydrochlorothiazide [6]
Mohamed Ibrahim Aden  Somalia Athletics Ephedrine
(only given public warning)
[7][8]
Funke Adeoye  Nigeria Athletics Ephedrine
(only given public warning)
[9][10]
Amina Aït Hammou  Morocco Athletics Missed tests [11]
Seltana Aït Hammou  Morocco Athletics Missed tests [12]
Lizandro Ajcú  Guatemala Cycling Erythropoietin [13]
Chioma Ajunwa  Nigeria Athletics [14]
Shoaib Akhtar  Pakistan Cricket Nandrolone [15]
Stephen Alfred  United States Cycling hCG [16]
Sadam Ali  United States Boxing Cathine [17]
Albina Akhatova  Russia Biathlon Nikethamide [18]
Rolf Aldag  Germany Cycling EPO (self-admitted) [19]
David Allen  United Kingdom Rugby League Metabolite of Cocaine [20]
Carlos Almanzar  Dominican Republic Baseball Steroids [21]
Lyle Alzado  United States American football Anabolic steroids
(never sanctioned; admitted to use after the end of his career)
[22]
Wafa Ammouri  Morocco Weightlifting [23]
Uwe Ampler  Germany Cycling Steroids [24]
Gloria Amuche Nwosu  Nigeria Athletics Testosterone [25]
Andreas Anastasopoulos  Greece Athletics [26]
Chris Andersen  United States Basketball [27]
Georg Andersen  Norway Athletics Anabolic steroids [28] (Norwegian)
Kim Andersen  Denmark Cycling [29] (Danish)
Peter Riis Andersen  Denmark Mountain biking EPO [30]
Yeorgios Andreou  Cyprus Athletics [31]
Frankie Andreu  United States Cycling EPO (self-admitted) [32]
Vladimir Andreyev  Russia Athletics Salbutamol [33]
Joaquín Andújar  Dominican Republic Baseball Cocaine [34]
Adrián Annus  Hungary Athletics Missed test [35][36]
Henry Antchouet  Gabon Football Cocaine [37]
Seema Antil  India Athletics Pseudoephedrine
(only given public warning)
[38]
Elena Antoci  Romania Athletics EPO [39]
Chris Armstrong  England Football (soccer) Cannabis [40]
Juana Arrendel  Dominican Republic Athletics Stanozolol [41]
Michael Arroyo  Ecuador Football (soccer) Marijuana [42]
Natalya Artyomova  Unified Team Athletics Steroids [43]
Yamba Asha  Angola Football (soccer) [44]
Delilah Asiago  Kenya Athletics [45]
Mohammed Asif  Pakistan Cricket Nandrolone [15]
Innocent Asonze  Nigeria Athletics [45]
Nuno Assis  Portugal Football (soccer) Nandrolone [46]
Mark Anthony Awere  Ghana Athletics [47]
Niklas Axelsson  Sweden Cycling EPO [48]
Süreyya Ayhan  Turkey Athletics Interfering with test [49]
Laura Azevedo  Brazil Swimming Anabolic steroids [50]

B

Name Country Sport Banned substance Reference
Jonathan Bachini  Italy Football (soccer) Cocaine [51]
Cezar Badita  Romania Swimming Nandrolone [52][53] (German)
Ndiss Kaba Badji  Senegal Athletics Androstenedione [33]
Aleksandr Bagach  Ukraine Athletics Steroids [52]
Nathan Baggaley  Australia Sprint Kayaking Stanozolol [54]
Erwin Bakker  Netherlands Cycling EPO [55]
Andrea Baldini  Italy Fencing Diuretic [56]
Falk Balzer  Germany Athletics Nandrolone [57]
Roberto Barbaro  Italy Water polo Norandrosterone [58]
Josh Barnett  United States Mixed martial arts Anabolic steroids [59]
Randy Barnes  United States Athletics Methyltestosterone
Androstenedione
[60]
[61]
Phil Baroni  United States Mixed martial arts Boldenone, stanozolol metabolites [62]
Ivan Basso  Italy Cycling Operación Puerto doping case [63]
Marta Bastianelli  Italy Cycling [64]
Dieter Baumann  Germany Athletics Nandrolone [65]
Vadim Bavikin  Israel Athletics Steroids [66]
Alain Baxter  Scotland Alpine skiing Methamphetamine [67]
Karol Beck  Slovakia Tennis Clenbuterol [68]
James Beckford  Jamaica Athletics Ephedrine [69]
Irina Belova  Russia Athletics [70]
Kenta Bell  United States Athletics Methylprednisolone [9]
Jose Beltran Martinez  Spain Grappling No-Gi Anabolic Steroids </>
Manuel Beltrán  Spain Cycling EPO [71]
Awatef Ben Hassine  Tunisia Athletics Norandrosterone [35]
Bryan Berard  United States Ice hockey 19-norandrosterone [72]
Adam Bergman  United States Cycling EPO [73]
Lorenzo Bernucci  Italy Cycling Sibutramine [74]
Dale Berra  United States Baseball Cocaine [34]
Eugeni Berzin  Russia Cycling Blood doping [75]
Rafael Betancourt  Venezuela Baseball [76]
Antonella Bevilacqua  Italy Athletics Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine [77]
Uwe Beyer  Germany Athletics Anabolic steroids (self-admitted) [78] (German)
Rajendra Bhandari  Nepal Athletics Norandrosterone [79]
Madina Biktagirova  Unified Team Athletics Norephedrine [80]
Ambrose Bitok  Kenya Athletics Norandrosterone [81]
Alberto Blanco  Cuba Weightlifting Anabolic steroids [82]
Aikaterini Bliamou  Greece Swimming Nandrolone [83]
Lyudmyla Blonska  Ukraine Athletics Steroids (2003)
Methyltestosterone (2008)
[84][85]
Frank de Boer  Netherlands Football (soccer) Nandrolone [86]
Galabin Boevski  Bulgaria Weightlifting Tampering with test [87]
Alex Bogomolov Jr.  United States Tennis Salbutamol [88]
Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago Athletics Ephedrine
(only given public warning)
[38]
Udo Bölts  Germany Cycling EPO (self-admitted) [19]
Barry Bonds  United States Baseball Amphetamines
(first offender; not suspended per Major League Baseball collective bargaining agreement)
[89]
Stephan Bonnar  United States Mixed martial arts Boldenone [90]
Leo Bookman  United States Athletics Salbutamol
(only given public warning)
[33]
Tom Boonen  Belgium Cycling Cocaine [91]
Scott Boothby  United States Athletics Finasteride, 6-oxo-androstenedione [92]
Valeriy Borchin  Russia Race walking EPO [93]
Marco Borriello  Italy Football (soccer) Prednisolone [94]
Mark Bosnich  Australia Football (soccer) Cocaine [95]
Mihaela Botezan  Romania Athletics Chlorthadione [96]
Brahim Boulami  Morocco Athletics EPO [97]
Djamel Bouras  France Judo Nandrolone [98][99]
Lee Bowyer  England Football (soccer) Marijuana [100]
Andrew James Brack  Greece Baseball Stanozolol [101]
Kevin Braunskill  United States Athletics Stanozolol [102]
Grit Breuer  Germany Athletics Clenbuterol [103]
Okkert Brits  South Africa Athletics Ephedrine
(only given public warning)
[104]
David Britz  South Africa Rugby union Boldenone [105][106]
Laurent Brochard  France Cycling EPO [107]
Erik de Bruin  Netherlands Athletics Testosteron, Stanozolol, hCG [108]
Ricky Bruch  Sweden Athletics Anabolic steroids (self-admitted) [109] (Swedish)
Rebekkah Brunson  United States Basketball Salmeterol
(only given public warning)
[110]
Dave Bruylandts  Belgium Cycling EPO [111] (Dutch)
Katharina Bullin  East Germany Volleyball [112]
Viktor Burayev  Russia Race walking rh-EPO [113]
Andrew Burns  Australia Swimming Ecstasy [114]
Asim Butt  Scotland Cricket Ecstasy [115]
Tamara Bykova  Soviet Union Athletics Ephedrine [116][117]

C

Name Country Sport Banned substance Reference
Enos Cabell  United States Baseball Cocaine [34]
Danny Cadamarteri  England Football Ephedrine [118]
Gary Cadogan  England Athletics Nandrolone [119]
Valeriu Calancea  Romania Weightlifting methandienone [120]
Oscar Camenzind  Switzerland Cycling EPO [121]
Mike Cameron  United States Baseball Stimulants [122]
Ken Caminiti  United States Baseball Anabolic steroids
(never sanctioned; admitted to use after the end of his career)
[123]
Neil Campbell  England Cycling HCG [124]
Guillermo Cañas  Argentina Tennis Hydrochlorothiazide [125]
José Canseco  United States Baseball Anabolic steroids
(never sanctioned; admitted to use after the end of his career)
[126]
John Capel  United States Athletics Cannabis [127]
Ludovic Capelle  Belgium Cycling EPO [128]
Dean Capobianco  Australia Athletics Steroids [129]
Salvador Carmona  Mexico Football (soccer) Steroids [130]
Danilo Carrega  Brazil Swimming Stanozolol [131]
LaMark Carter  United States Athletics Salbutamol [132]
Stefano Casagranda  Italy Cycling [133]
Francesco Casagrande  Italy Cycling Testosterone [134]
Silviu Casandra  Romania Race walking [135]
Arnaud Casquette  Mauritius Athletics Cannabis [33]
Víctor Castillo  Venezuela Athletics Furosemide [136]
Rupeni Caucaunibuca  Fiji Rugby union Cannabis [137]
Jolanda Čeplak  Slovenia Athletics EPO [138]
Deniss Čerkovskis  Latvia Modern pentathlon Anabolic steroid [139] (Latvian)
Sergo Chakhoyan  Australia Weightlifting Stanozolol [140]
Dwain Chambers  England Athletics THG
Testosterone
EPO
HGH
Insulin
Modafinil
Liothyronine
[141][142]
Sanamacha Chanu  India Weightlifting Furosemide [143][144]
Justin Charles  Australia Australian rules football Boldenone [145]
Jani Chathurangani Silva  Sri Lanka Athletics Nandrolone [146]
Juan Ignacio Chela  Argentina Tennis Metil-testosterone [147]
Abdelatif Chemlal  Morocco Athletics [148]
Chen Po-Pu  Chinese Taipei Weightlifting Methandienone [52]
Pamela Chepchumba  Kenya Athletics EPO [81]
Susan Chepkemei  Kenya Athletics Salbutamol [9][149]
Lydia Cheromei  Kenya Athletics Clomiphene [150]
Damu Cherry  United States Athletics [151]
Christophe Cheval  France Athletics Nandrolone [152]
Viktor Chislean  Moldova Weightlifting [153]
Velichko Cholakov  Bulgaria Weightlifting Steroids [154]
Fouad Chouki  France Athletics EPO [155]
Khalid Choukoud  Netherlands Athletics Stanozolol [156]
Linford Christie  England Athletics Nandrolone [157]
Clement Chukwu  Nigeria Athletics [158]
Traian Cihărean  Romania Weightlifting [159]
Hazel Clark  United States Athletics Pseudoephedrine [160]
Venolyn Clarke  Canada Athletics Stanozolol [161]
Marcus Clavelle  United States Athletics Methandieone [160]
Roger Clemens  United States Baseball Anabolic steroids [162]
Michelle Collins  United States Athletics THG [163][164]
Gloria Comerma  Spain Field hockey [165]
Harold Connolly  United States Athletics self-admitted [166]
Chris Cooper  United States American football THG [167]
Guillermo Coria  Argentina Tennis Nandrolone [168]
Julie Coulaud  France Athletics Testosterone [169]
Ben Cousins  Australia Australian rules football [170]
Fernando Couto  Portugal Football (soccer) Nandrolone [171]
Crystal Cox  United States Athletics Ephedrine [160]

D

Name Country Sport Banned substance Reference
Joey D'Antoni  United States Cycling EPO [172]
Ashot Danielyan  Armenia Weightlifting Steroids [1]
Olga Danilova  Russia Cross-country skiing NESP [173]
Martina Danišová-Hrasnová  Slovakia Athletics [174]
Bonnie Dasse  United States Athletics Clenbuterol [175]
Edgar Davids  Netherlands Football (soccer) Nandrolone [176]
Mary Decker (Mary Slaney)  United States Athletics Testosterone [177]
Tony Dees  United States Athletics Norandrosterone
Noretiochdandone
[160]
Rusmin Dedič