Dean Capobianco

Dean Capobianco

Dean Capobianco (born 11 May, 1970) is an Australian businessman and former athlete. As an athlete he is best known as a sprinter. He won the 1990 Stawell Gift.

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Athletics

In 1993, he became the fastest white man in the world in the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, when he set a new personal best of 20.18 seconds over 200 metres.[1]

Drug ban

In 1996 Capobianco was banned from competition for four years by the IAAF for taking the banned anabolic steroid stanozolol.[2][3] He unsuccessfully appealed against the ban, claiming he had eaten contaminated meat.[4]

Results

World Athletics Championships

Venue Event Place Time
1999 World Championships in Athletics, Seville, Spain 200 m - Men Heats 21.48
1995 World Championships in Athletics, Gothenburg, Sweden 200 m - Men 5th 20.88
1993 World Championships in Athletics, Stuttgart, Germany 200 m - Men 4th 20.18

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Olympics

Venue Event Place Time
1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona 200 m - Men 1st (Round 1, heat 8) 20.86
1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona 200 m - Men 4th (Round 2, heat 3) 20.61
1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta 200 m - Men 4th (Qualifying, heat 8) 20.76
1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta 200 m - Men 7th (Quarter final, heat 2) 21.03
1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta 4 x 100 m Relay - Men 1st (Qualifying, heat 5) 38.93
1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta 4 x 100 m Relay - Men disqualified (Semi-final, heat 2)
1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta 4 x 400 m Relay - Men 4th (Qualifying, heat 1) 3:03.73
1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta 4 x 400 m Relay - Men 7th (Semi-final, heat 1) 3:04.55

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Business career

Capobianco became a commercial director with ninemsn in early 2011.

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