Rebeca Gusmão


Rebeca Gusmão is a former freestyle swimmer from Brazil. She won the bronze medal in the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She also participated at the 2004 Olympics and the 2007 Pan American Games.
Gusmão won the women's 50 and 100 freestyle events at the 2007 Pan Ams; however, all her results from those Games were later nullified due to a positive doping-control test. Her medals were also revoked.

Doping sanction/banning

There are 3 testing groups that are relevant to Rebeca Gusmão's doping sanctions:
Basically, the 2006 test and the out-of-competition test were positive for testosterone; the in-competition tests showed signs of tampering.
On November 5, 2007, Rebeca Gusmão received a provisionally suspension by FINA, the International Swimming Federation, for a positive out-of-competition doping control result for testosterone taken on July 13, 2007. With this, she was temporarily barred from competition, until a hearing could be held before the FINA Doping Panel.
On December 13, 2007, PASO declared Rebeca Gusmão guilty of doping with testosterone and revoked her XV Pan American Games medals. Her times from the 2007 Pan American Games were also nullified.
On May 16, 2008, the FINA Doping Panel declared Gusmão ineligible for 2 years for the out-of-competition result.
On July 28, 2008, the FINA Doping Panel declared Gusmão ineligible for 2 years for the May 2006 test which contained testosterone. With this decision, all results from May 25, 2006 forward were nullified.
Then September 3, 2008, the FINA Doping Panel banned Gusmão for life due to tampering. All results from July 18, 2007 and forward were annulled.
The full FINA Doping Panel decision from September 3, 2008 can be found online .