Kelli White

Kelli White (born April 1 1977 in Oakland, California) is a former American sprinter. She won two gold medals in the World Championships in Paris in 2003. However, on 2004-06-18, she was stripped of her medals because she tested positive for modafinil on a drug test. She admitted guilt and testified before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). All her performances since December 15, 2000, have been annulled. She was banned for two years by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, effective 2004-05-17. She retired from professional track in 2006. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/3727595.stm "BBC Sport," 2004-05-20 "White banned for two years"] Accessed 2007-01-05]

Early life and education

White was born to parents who had both been sprinters. She attended James Logan High School in Union City, California, where she was on the track team. In 1994, when she was 17, a fellow student slashed her face with a knife; 300 stiches were required to close the wounds. White continued competing that season. Although she never won a state championship, at the time of her graduation in 1995 she held the top time in the 200 meters and the second best time in the 100 meters in the North Coast Section. She received a scholarship to the University of Tennessee, graduating in 1999. [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/05/20/SPGPS6ORU31.DTL John Crumpacker, "San Francisco Chronicle," "Sports and Drugs - ] Kelli White suspended: The fast rise and swift fall of a Bay Area Olympic-class sprinter", May 20, 2004; Accessed 2007-01-05] [ [http://www.prep.caltrack.com/2002hstrackbestmarkslists/020228NCSAlltimeKC.htm Keith Conning, "North Coast Section Track and Field All-Time List through 2001] Accessed 2007-01-06]

Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) doping scandal

Her doping was linked to the BALCO doping scandal. After returning from college to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2000, White's long-time coach, Remi Korchemny, introduced her to BALCO head Victor Conte. White has reported that Conte provided her with products that he identified as supplements and vitamins at first; when he informed her that one was a steroid, she declined to use it then and didn't begin doping until after an injury-plagued, losing year in 2002. After being confronted with evidence seized from BALCO, she admitted using tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) and erythropoietin (EPO) in addition to modafinil. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2004-12-02-white-demise_x.htm Dick Patrick, "USA TODAY," "Sprinter reveals career demise"] Accessed 2007-01-05]

White has since given lectures on drug abuse in sports. [ [http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/story.asp?ID=868 U.S, House of Representatives, Government Reform Committee, Hearing on Steroid Use Among Women, 2005-06-15] Accessed 2007-01-05] While banned from competition, she has taught at track clinics at James Logan High. [ [http://www.dyestatcal.com/news/tr2006/November05/00Clinic06Page.html DyeStatCal, 2005-2006 Clinics Page] Accessed 2007-01-06] She announced her retirement in May 2006. [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/04/15/SPGAJI9FOH1.DTL John Crumpacker, "San Francisco Chronicle," 2006-04-15] Accessed 2007-01-06]

Notes

ee also

*List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

External links

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* [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/balco-players.htm#white Paragraph about White's involvement in the BALCO scandal (USATODAY)]
* [http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/Documents/20050615105348-72046.pdf U.S, House of Representatives, Government Reform Committee, Hearing on Steroid Use Among Women, "Testimony of Sprinter Kelli White,"2005-06-15]