Víctor Castillo
Víctor Castillo ( Víctor Manuel Castillo Petit ; born June 8, 1981 in San Joaquín ) is a Venezuelan long jumper .
In 2003 he won bronze at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo . At the World Athletics Championships in 2003 in Paris / Saint-Denis and at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, he was eliminated from the qualification.
In 2006 he was tested positive for furosemide during a doping control and banned for two years for this violation of the doping regulations .
In 2011 he won the Pan American Games in Guadalajara . On October 25, 2011, he tested positive for methylhexanamine and was banned for four years until November 21, 2015. He had to give up his gold medal again.
Personal best
- Long jump: 8.34 m, May 30, 2004, Cochabamba
- Hall: 8.00 m, February 5, 2005, Flagstaff
Web links
- Víctor Castillo in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Víctor Castillo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ^ IAAF: Doping Rule Violation ( Memento of October 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). March 12, 2007
- ↑ Venezuelan Castillo forced to forfeit Pan Am medal after doping. In: cbc.ca. November 9, 2011, accessed March 6, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Castillo, Victor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Castillo Petit, Víctor Manuel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Venezuelan long jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Joaquín |