List of doping cases in sport (W)

This is a sub-list from List of doping cases in sport representing a full list of surnames starting with W.

Name Country Event Banned substance(s) Reference(s)
Graham Wagg  England Cricket Cocaine [1]
Wakakirin Shinichi  Japan Sumo wrestling Cannabis [2]
Wakanohō Toshinori  Russia Sumo wrestling Cannabis [3]
Vinicius Waked  Brazil Swimming Furosemide [4]
Achim Walcher  Austria Cross-country skiing Blood transfusion [5]
Alexander Walke  Germany Football (soccer) cannabis [6]
Libor Walzer  Czech Republic Weightlifting Methylhexanamine [7]
Wang Hongni  China Triathlon [8]
Wang Luna  China Swimming Triamterene [9]
Wang Wei  China Swimming Clenbuterol [10]
Wang Xiapeng  China Shooting [11]
Wang Yan  China Cycling [12]
Manju Wanniarachchi  Sri Lanka Boxing Nandrolone [13]
Shane Warne  Australia Cricket Diuretics [14]
Joe Warren  United States Wrestling Cannabis [15]
Jack Warrington  England Rugby union Methylhexaneamine [16]
Chris Washburn  United States Basketball Cocaine [17]
Claudell Washington  United States Baseball Cocaine [18]
Duane Washington  United States Basketball Cocaine [19]
Alex Watson  Australia Pentathlon Caffeine [20]
Eric Watts  United States Swimming Methylphenidate [21]
Logan Webb  United States Baseball Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone [22]
Jon Weber  United States Baseball Ephedrine, drug of abuse [23][24]
Wei Kun  China Swimming Formoterol [25]
Wes Welker  United States American football Amphetamine (MDMA) [26]
Anthony West  Australia Motorcycle racing Methylhexanamine [27]
Stig Wetzell  Finland Ice hockey Ephedrine Stig Wetzell#1974 Doping Controversy
Matt White  Australia Cycling [28]
Matt Whiteside  United States Baseball Steroids [29]
Dillian Whyte  United Kingdom Boxing Methylhexaneamine [30]
Yanina Wickmayer  Belgium Tennis Missed test [31]
Alan Wiggins  United States Baseball Cocaine [32][33]
Mitchell Wiggins  United States Basketball Cocaine [34]
LB Wijeratne  Sri Lanka Swimming Prednisone, Prednisolone [25]
Mats Wilander  Sweden Tennis Cocaine [35]
Michał Wilk  Poland Powerlifting [36] (in Norwegian)
Rob Wilkinson  Australia Mixed martial arts (MMA) [37][38]
Ricky Williams  United States American football Cannabis, other drugs [39]
Craig Windsor  United Kingdom Boxing Anabolic steroids [40]
Bernice Wilson  United Kingdom Track and field athletics Anabolic steroid testosterone and Clenbuterol (1st offence in 2011), clomiphene (2nd offence in 2015) [41][42][43]
George Winston  United Kingdom Weightlifting Anabolic steroids [44]
Qyntel Woods  United States Basketball Indian cannabis [45] (in Greek)
Jesper Worre  Denmark Cycling Amineptine [46]
Chris Wright  England Cricket Ostarine [47] (in Greek)
Steven Wright  United States Baseball GHRP-2 [48]
Dan Wu  China Weightlifting [7]
Wu Yanyan  China Swimming [49]

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