Stephanie Graf
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Biography
Graf finished second to Maria de Lurdes Mutola in the women's 800 meters at both the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Alberta. Her personal best of 1:56.64, set at the 2000 Olympics, is the current Austrian 800 metres record.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Her indoor personal best of 1:55.85, run at the 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships, is the current Austrian 800 metres indoor record and the second-best indoor mark in history, only behind Jolanda Čeplak's time of 1:55.82 in the same race.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Proceedings were issued against Graf by the Austria's anti-doping authority in May 2010. Following the revelation that the Humanplasma laboratory had aided around 30 athletes with blood doping practices, Graf admitted that her blood had been taken at the lab, but insisted that it had never been re-injected (which would have improved her performances).<ref>Doping probe opened against Olympic medalist Graf. Associated Press (2010-05-05). Retrieved on 2010-06-07.</ref> In June 2010, Graf was suspended for two years for the attempted use of a prohibited method.<ref>IAAF: Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an anti-doping rule violation. 11. December 2010</ref>
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- 1973 births
- Austrian women middle-distance runners
- Austrian sportspeople in doping cases
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Doping cases in the sport of athletics
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Living people
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Austria
- Olympic silver medalists for Austria
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics
- Sportspeople from Klagenfurt
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- European Athlete of the Year winners
- Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
- Austrian Athletics Championships winners