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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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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]
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]
Results
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 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 Business career
Capobianco became a commercial director with ninemsn in early 2011.
External links
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
Australian National Champions in Men's 100 m 1966 – 1967: Gary Holdsworth • 1968: Mel Pender (USA) • 1969: Greg Lewis • 1970 – 1971: Eric Bigby • 1972: Laurie D'Arcy (NZL) • 1973: David Stokes • 1974 – 1975: Graham Haskell • 1976: Greg Lewis • 1977 – 1979: Paul Narracott • 1980: Richard James • 1981: Peter Gandy • 1982 – 1983: Paul Narracott • 1984: Fred Martin • 1986: Gerard Keating • 1987 – 1988: Shane Naylor • 1989: David Dworjanyn • 1990: Tim Jackson • 1991: Dean Capobianco • 1992: Shane Naylor • 1993: Dean Capobianco • 1994: Damien Marsh • 1995: Shane Naylor • 1996: Damien Marsh • 1997: Steve Brimacombe • 1998 – 2002: Matt Shirvington • 2003: Patrick Johnson • 2004 – 2007: Josh Ross • 2008: Otis Gowa • 2009: Josh Ross
Australian National Champions in Men's 200 m 1930 – 1932: Jim Carlton • 1934: Howard Yates • 1936: Ray Moffat • 1937: Howard Yates • 1947: John Bartram • 1948: John Treloar • 1949: Herb McKenley (JAM) • 1950: John Treloar • 1951: John Bartram • 1952: John Treloar • 1953: Brian Butterfield • 1954: Hector Hogan • 1955: Doug Winston • 1956: Hector Hogan • 1957: Kevan Gosper • 1958: Terry Gale • 1959: Don Bursill • 1960: Dennis Tipping • 1961: Gary Holdsworth • 1962: Peter Vassella • 1963 – 1964: Gary Holdsworth • 1965 – 1969: Peter Norman • 1970 Bruce Weatherlake • 1971: Greg Lewis (athlete) • 1972 – 1973: Greg Lewis • 1974: Richard Hopkins • 1975: Peter Fitzgerald • 1976: Greg Lewis • 1977 – 1979: Colin McQueen • 1980 – 1981: Bruce Frayne • 1982: Peter Gandy • 1983: Bruce Frayne • 1984: Peter Van Miltenburg • 1985: Clayton Kearney • 1986: Robert Stone • 1987: John Dinan • 1988: Kieran Finn (IRL) • 1989: Darren Clark • 1990: Robert Stone • 1991 – 1992: Dean Capobianco • 1993: Damien Marsh • 1994 – 1995: Steve Brimacombe • 1996: Dean Capobianco • 1997: Chris Donaldson (NZL) • 1998: Damien Marsh • 1999: Chris Donaldson (NZL) • 2000: Darryl Wohlsen • 2001: Patrick Johnson • 2002: David Geddes • 2003: Patrick Johnson • 2004: Ambrose Ezenwa (NGR) • 2005: Daniel Batman • 2006: Patrick Johnson • 2007: Josh Ross • 2008: Daniel Batman • 2009: Aaron Rouge-Serret
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
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