Stephen Alfred

Stephen Alfred
To person
Date of birth	January 21, 1968
nation	United States Trinidad and Tobago;
discipline	Train (short term)
End of career	2006
doping
1998 ; 2006–2015 ; 2007 (lifelong)	Norandrosterone ; testosterone, hCG ; control denied
	Last updated: September 30, 2018

Stephen Alfred (born January 21, 1968 ) is a retired American track cyclist , originally from Trinidad and Tobago .

Athletic career

In 1998 Stephen Alfred started for Trinidad and Tobago at the Central America and Caribbean Games . He won bronze in the sprint and, together with Michael Philipps and Clinton Grant, silver in the team sprint . In the same year he took part in the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and finished eighth in the sprint after beating the eventual Olympic champion Chris Hoy . After this competition, Alfred tested positive for the doping preparation norandrosterone and was banned for six months.

From the beginning of the 2000s, Alfred rode for the US cycling association USA Cycling . In 2003 and 2005 he was national champion in sprint, and in 2005 in keirin . In May and June 2006 he tested positive again (for hCG ) and was then banned for eight years. However, he was still listed in the pool of athletes to be tested, and when he was due to be tested for doping in 2007, Alfred refused the test. He was then banned for life.

successes

1998

Central American and Caribbean Games - Team Sprint (with Michael Philipps and Clinton Grant )
Central America and Caribbean Games - Sprint

2003

American champion - sprint

2005

American champion - sprint, keirin

Teams

2006/7 Spike Professional Cycling Team

Web links

Stephen Alfred in the Radsportseiten.net database

Commonwealth Games result

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Richard Moore: Heroes, Villains & Velodromes. Chris Hoy and Britain's Track Cycling Revolutions . HarperSport, 2008, ISBN 978-0-00-730432-5 , pp. 118 .
↑ ^a ^b Cycling4Fans - Doping: A. In: c4f.sirius.uberspace.de. Retrieved September 30, 2018 .
^ Hedwig Kröner: Alfred gets 8-year ban. In: cyclingnews.com. February 4, 2007, accessed September 30, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Alfred, Stephen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 21, 1968

[hoy-1] A ^b Richard Moore: Heroes, Villains & Velodromes. Chris Hoy and Britain's Track Cycling Revolutions . HarperSport, 2008, ISBN 978-0-00-730432-5 , pp. 118 .

[uberspac-44613-2] Cycling4Fans - Doping: A. In: c4f.sirius.uberspace.de. Retrieved September 30, 2018 .

[cyclingn-2007-02-04-3] Hedwig Kröner: Alfred gets 8-year ban. In: cyclingnews.com. February 4, 2007, accessed September 30, 2018 .