Background
She was born in Celje and lived in Velenje until briefly moving to Monaco.
She was born in Celje and lived in Velenje until briefly moving to Monaco.
She has lived in Celje since. In her early career, she did not specialise, and ran at many distances. She later settled on the 800 metres where she found relative success on the IAAF Golden League circuit, despite having to compete against Maria de Lurdes Mutola, who went unbeaten at all major championships from 1999 until the Summer Olympics.
Her most successful season was 2002.
On March 2 at the European Indoor Championships in Vienna she beat local favourite Stephanie Graf and set the indoor world record at 1:55.82. A photo-finish showed her in third-place, winning the bronze medal.
PED use and suspension On 18 June, Čeplak tested positive on erythropoietin. On 26 July, IAAF announced that the B test confirmed the result of the A test.
Čeplak said that she has never taken any illegal substances and would try to prove her innocence with all means possible.
She received a two-year suspension, and returned to competition in July 2009. 2002 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece.