- Antonio Pettigrew
Antonio Pettigrew (born
November 3 ,1967 ) was a 2000 Olympic gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for theUnited States , by his own admission while using performance-enhancing drugs between 1997 and 2001. He also won the gold medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo.Pettigrew is now an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina. [citeweb|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2638818|title=BALCO grand jury is likely targeting Trevor Graham|publisher=ESPN|date=October 25, 2006|accessdate=2008-01-11]
In 2008, prosecution documents related to the trial of coach
Trevor Graham listed Pettigrew as one of Graham's athletes to have used performance enhancing drugs. [citeweb|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gD-41gD3uuGlgQdmmbqH8SwQrTVg|title=Olympic relay champion Pettigrew was doping: report|publisher=AFP|date=May 3, 2008|accessdate=2008-05-04] Pettigrew has since admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs and testified against Graham at his trial in May 2008. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/7382810.stm BBC SPORT | Athletics | Doped-up Pettigrew denied GB gold ] ] . Although IAAF rules currently do not retrospectively alter results more than eight years after the event, Pettigrew has returned the medals he won in that period. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/7434799.stm Pettigrew given two-year dope ban] BBC News] [ [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jHr97rext6WKPWI_AoAb5uMCRWYA Sprinter Pettigrew to return gold, accepts ban] ] The 2000 Sydney Olympics 4 x 400 metres relay US team was stripped of their medals after Pettigrew admitted that he had used performance-enhancing drugs. [cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/02/china.olympics/index.html |title=Pollution, Internet, doping dominate Olympics lead-up |accessdate=2008-08-02 |author=CNN |authorlink=CNN |date=2008-08-02 |work=CNN.com]References
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