:Yineth Varón

{{Update|date=July 2023 |reason=Information about suspension out of date}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Yineth Varón

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Yineth Varón Parra

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|6|23}}

| birth_place = Colombia

| height = 1.69 m

| currentclub =

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Generaciones Palmiranas

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Colombia

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

}}

Yineth Varón Parra is a Colombian football goalkeeper currently suspended by FIFA for a two-years period under doping charges.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110925163305/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/organisation/media/newsid=1498727/index.html FIFA Disciplinary Committee decisions for Germany 2011.] FIFA.com She used to play for CD Generaciones Palmiranas.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110703065921/http://es.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=333025/index.html Profile] in FIFA's 2011 WWC website

Career

Varón was called up for the 2011 World Cup on June 15 after Paula Forero was injured in a training season.[http://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/futbol/ARTICULO-WEB-NEW_NOTA_INTERIOR-9631565.html Colombia national team's goalkeeper injured.] El Tiempo On June 28, marking the start of the tournament, she was suspended provisionally by FIFA as she failed an anti-doping test, leaving the Colombia national team one goalkeeper short.[http://www.marca.com/2011/06/28/futbol/futbol_internacional/1309274503.html?a=PR185bf8f4ef04446caf5da5e2e072f6680&t=1334758224 FIFA suspends a Colombian player for failing an anti-doping test.] Marca The following day the Colombian Football Federation explained Varón was subjected to a hormonal treatment months earlier without informing the federation.[http://golcaracol.com/seleccion-colombia/femenino/articulo-227500-colfutbol-explica-el-caso-de-dopaje-de-yineth-baron Colfútbol explains Yineth Varón's doping affair]. Radio Caracol FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings after the B sample confirmed the result,[https://web.archive.org/web/20110711141604/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/organisation/media/newsid=1470844/index.html Two players from Korea DPR provisionally suspended following anti-doping tests.] FIFA and on August 25 a two-year suspension was decreed.

Varón later explained that suffering from chronic fatigue and low hemoglobin she decided to take three 12.5 mg microdoses of nandrolone decanoate between February 25 and March 29 under doctor Raúl Henao as she thought she wouldn't compete in the following months. Dr. Henao was surprised that such treatment could cause the test failure.[http://www.elpais.com.co/elpais/deportes/noticias/arquera-seleccion-explico-razones-su-positivo-en-control-doping National team goalkeeper explains the reason of her anti-doping failure.] El País (Cali)