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Hélder Ornelas

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Name
  
Helder Ornelas


Role
  
Olympic athlete


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Hélder Mendes Abreu Ornelas (born 6 May 1974 in Nova Lisboa, Angola) is a Portuguese long-distance runner.

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He finished eighth in the long race at the 2001 World Cross Country Championships, fifteenth in the marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and won the 2007 edition of Prague International Marathon. He also won the 2005 Milan Marathon

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Doping

In 2012 Ornelas became the first track and field athlete to get suspended for doping based on the biological passport. He received a four-year suspension in May 2012.

Personal bests

  • 1500 metres - 3:46.97 min (1996)
  • 3000 metres - 7:50.02 min (2000)
  • 5000 metres - 13:18.56 min (2000)
  • 10,000 metres - 28:01.94 min (2001)
  • Half marathon - 1:03:27 hrs (2005)
  • marathon - 2:10:00 hrs (2005)

    • References

    Hélder Ornelas Wikipedia
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