Blaža Klemenčič
Klemenčič in 2012
Personal information
Full nameBlaža Klemenčič
Born (1980-03-11) 11 March 1980
Kranj, Slovenia
Team information
DisciplineMountain bike racing
RoleRider
Rider typeCross-country and marathon
Medal record
Representing  Slovenia
Women's mountain bike racing
World Championship
Silver medal – second place2005 LillehammerMarathon
Bronze medal – third place2004 Bad GoisernMarathon
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2004 WałbrzychMarathon
Silver medal – second place2014 St. WendelCross-country
Bronze medal – third place2005 KluisbergenMarathon

Blaža Klemenčič (born 1980 in Kranj) is a disgraced Slovenian cyclist, having tested positive for EPO in 2015 from a 2012 sample. [1] She competed in mountain biking at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,[2] and at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Doping case

Klemenčič was provisionally suspended by UCI in September 2015 for an EPO positive from a sample collected on 27 March 2012.[3][4]

References

  1. September 2015, Cycling News 20 (20 September 2015). "Blaza Klemencic tests positive for EPO". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. "Blaža Klemenčič". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  3. Blaza Klemencic nach positivem Doping-Test suspendiert, acrossthecountry.net, 18 September 2015
  4. UCI: License-Holders Provisionally Suspended as per the UCI Anti-Doping Rules Archived 22 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, uci.org, 18 September 2015

See also


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