Sandro Donati
Sandro Donati in 2009
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1947-06-14) 14 June 1947
Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportAthletics
EventRunning

Sandro Donati (Monte Porzio Catone, 14 June 1947) is an Italian athletics coach and antidoping activist.

Biography

He is mostly known for his battle against doping in athletics, soccer, and cycling and for denouncing Italian athletics scandals in the mid-1980s.[1]

He coached the Italy national athletics sprint team from 1977 to 1987, but was dismissed after denouncing the rigged jump of Giovanni Evangelisti at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics held in Rome.[2][3] Author of several books about doping, he was Head of Research and Experimentation of Italian National Olympic Committee from 1990 to 2006.[4] In 1999, after Lance Armstrong's first Tour de France victory, Donati assisted The Sunday Times journalist David Walsh in his pursuit of a connection between Armstrong and the infamous "doping doctor", Michele Ferrari.[5]

He trained Alex Schwazer during his bid to return to the olympics after his disqualification for doping. Schwzer qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics, however he never competed as he was found positive to doping for a second time. Donati believes a conspiracy was enacted to punish him and Schwazer for their whistleblowing against state sponsored doping.[6]

Books

  • Donati, Sandro (1983). L'organizzazione dell'allenamento. Rome: Società stampa sportiva.
  • Donati, Sandro (1989). Campioni senza valore. Florence: Ponte alle Grazie.
  • Donati, Sandro (2012). Lo sport del doping. Chi lo subisce, chi lo combatte. Rome: EGA-Edizioni Gruppo Abele. ISBN 978-8865790335.

References

  1. ↑ "Tough On Doping, Tough On The Causes Of Doping – Francesco Conconi and the Introduction of the H-test". podiumcafe.com. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  2. ↑ The Man Who Knows Too Much Archived 2014-02-26 at the Wayback Machine, Sport Monthly, March 2003, retr from chrisharrisonwriting.com on 2012 10 20
  3. ↑ "Anti-doping; The Fraud Behind the Stage". www.playthegame.org. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  4. ↑ "La scheda di Donati - Consulente dell'agenzia mondiale antidoping" (in Italian). casadellalegalita.info. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE8CflJCk2g&t=2709s
  6. ↑ "IAAF sabotage alleged in testing of Alex Schwazer". Sports Integrity Initiative. 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
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