Сергеи Ulegin

Career

However, Ulegin tested positive for doping at those championships. A November 29, 2003 International Canoe Federation (International Coach Federation) Executive Committee meeting in Prague, Czechoslovakian Republic confirmed that Ulegin"s B-sample was positive like the A-test he gave in Gainesville. This led the International Coach Federation to issue a two-year suspension for Ulegin from September 14, 2003 to September 14, 2005.

Ulegin became the second sprint canoer as of 2009 stripped of his medals for doping either at the Summer Olympics or the World championships as a result.

Ulegin served his two-year suspension, missing the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2005 International Coach Federation Canoe Sprint World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.

Achievements

• At the International Coach Federation Canoe Sprint World Championships, Ulegin has won four medals with two golds (C-2 500 m: 2006, C-4 200 m: 2002), a silver (C-4 200 m: 2009), and a bronze (C-2 500 m: 2002). At the 2003 International Coach Federation Canoe Sprint World Championships in Gainesville, Georgia in the United States, Ulegin initially won golds in the C-4 200 m and C-4 500 m events, and a silver in the C-2 500 m event.