Dmitriy Gaag

Dmitriy Gaag
Personal information
Native name Дмитрий Владимирович Гааг
Full name Dmitry Vladimirovich Gaag
Born March 20, 1971 (1971-03-20) (age 44)
Qarağandı, Kazakhstan

Dmitry Vladimirovich Gaag (Дмитрий Владимирович Гааг; born March 20, 1971 in Qarağandı) is an athlete from Kazakhstan, who competes in triathlon. Gaag competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took fourth place with a total time of 1:49:03.57.

He competed again at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics, dropping to twenty-fifth place with a time 1:56:28.97.

On September 6, 2008 Gaag was banned for two years beginning June 20, 2008 after testing positive for recombinant erythropoietin (EPO).[1]

Notes

  1. "ITU imposes 2-year ban on Gaag". ITU. September 6, 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-02.

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