Fabián Puerta

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| fullname = Fabián Hernando Puerta Zapata

| nickname = "Chispas"

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|7|12}}

| birth_place = Caldas, Antioquia, Colombia

| height = 1.82 m

| weight = 90 kg

| currentteam = {{COL}}

| discipline = Track cycling

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Sprinter

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|Pan American Championships|15|3|2

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|South American Games|7|3|0

|Bolivarian Games|8|2|0

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Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata (born 12 July 1991) is a Colombian track cyclist.{{cite web|title=Fabián Puerta |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pu/fabian-puerta-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418113115/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pu/fabian-puerta-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=7 August 2012}} He competed in keirin at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and in keirin at the 2011 Pan American Games where he won a gold medal. He is married to fellow track cyclist Juliana Gaviria, and is brother in law to former track World Champion and Giro D'Italia points classification winner Fernando Gaviria.{{cite web |url=http://www.elespectador.com/deportes/ciclismo/el-noble-gesto-de-fernando-gaviria-fabian-puerta-articulo-545546 |title=El noble gesto de Fernando Gaviria con Fabián Puerta |author= |date=22 February 2015 |website=El Espectador |language=es |trans-title=The noble gesture of Fernando Gaviria to Fabián Puerta |access-date=20 May 2017}}

Sanctions

On 14 August 2018 the Union Cycliste Internationale announced that it had notified Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata of an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) of boldenone in a sample collected in the scope of an out-of-competition control on 11 June 2018.

In accordance with UCI Anti-Doping Rules, Puerta was provisionally suspended until the adjudication of the affair.{{cite web |url=http://www.uci.ch/pressreleases/uci-statement-fabian-hernando-puerta-zapata/ |title=UCI statement on Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata |author= |date=14 August 2018 |website=Union Cycliste Internationale}}

On 29 August 2019 the UCI announced a four-year Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) of Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata. The ADRV Date was 11 June 2018, and the period of ineligibility is until 12 August 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.uci.org/docs/default-source/clean-sport-documents/adrv/2019-08-29-sanctions.pdf |title=UCI ADRV Sanctions list 29 August 2019 |author= |date=29 August 2019 |website=Union Cycliste Internationale}}