Blaža Klemenčič
{{Short description|Slovenian cyclist (born 1980)}}
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| name = Blaža Klemenčič
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| fullname = Blaža Klemenčič
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|3|11}}
| birth_place = Kranj, Slovenia
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| discipline = Mountain bike racing
| role = Rider
| ridertype = Cross-country and marathon
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{{MedalCountry | {{SLO}} }}
{{MedalSport | Women's mountain bike racing}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|2005 Lillehammer|Marathon}}
{{MedalBronze|2004 Bad Goisern|Marathon}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2004 Wałbrzych|Marathon}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 St. Wendel|Cross-country}}
{{MedalBronze|2005 Kluisbergen|Marathon}}
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Blaža Klemenčič (born 1980 in Kranj) is a Slovenian cyclist, having tested positive for EPO in 2015 from a 2012 sample. {{Cite web|last=September 2015|first=Cycling News 20|title=Blaza Klemencic tests positive for EPO|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/blaza-klemencic-tests-positive-for-epo/|access-date=2021-03-13|website=cyclingnews.com|date=20 September 2015 |language=en}} She competed in mountain biking at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,{{cite web|title=Blaža Klemenčič |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kl/blaza-klemencic-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418101802/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kl/blaza-klemencic-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |accessdate=12 August 2012}} and at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Doping case
Klemenčič was provisionally suspended by UCI in September 2015 for an EPO positive from a sample collected on 27 March 2012.[http://acrossthecountry.net/blaza-klemencic-nach-positivem-doping-test-suspendiert/ Blaza Klemencic nach positivem Doping-Test suspendiert], acrossthecountry.net, 18 September 2015UCI: [http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/CleanSport/17/13/77/20150918ProvisionalSuspensionEN2.0_English.pdf License-Holders Provisionally Suspended as per the UCI Anti-Doping Rules] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922063946/http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/CleanSport/17/13/77/20150918ProvisionalSuspensionEN2.0_English.pdf |date=22 September 2015 }}, uci.org, 18 September 2015
References
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- {{Cycling archives|38278}}
See also
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Category:Slovenian female cyclists
Category:Olympic cyclists for Slovenia
Category:Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Cross-country mountain bikers
Category:Marathon mountain bikers
Category:Cyclists at the 2015 European Games
Category:European Games competitors for Slovenia
Category:Doping cases in cycling
Category:Slovenian sportspeople in doping cases
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