Gregg Tafralis

Gregory Louis Tafralis was born in San Francisco, California, on April 9, 1958. He set the best world year performance in the men's shot put event in 1992. He competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing in ninth place. He won two silver medals at the Pan American Games, first in 1987 and then in 1995.

The second medal was taken away from him because of a positive test for steroids at an earlier meet.{{cite news |last1=Denman |first1=Elliott |title=255 Days to Atlanta |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41201965/the_central_new_jersey_home_news/ |access-date=28 December 2019 |publisher=The Central New Jersey Home News |date=7 November 1995 |page=15}} After his suspension ran out in 1999, Tafralis tested positive for a banned substance methandienone and was banned for life.[https://web.archive.org/web/20040220055638/http://www.usatf.org/about/legal/antidoping/suspensions.asp Doping suspensions]

His personal best throw was 21.98 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Los Gatos.[http://hem.bredband.net/athletics/atb-m29.htm World men's all-time best shot put (last updated 2001)][http://www.losgatosallcomerstrack.com/uploads/All_Comer_Meet_Records.pdf Los Gatos All Comers Meet Records]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

His son Adam, was a college football quarterback for San Jose State University who currently plays for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League.

Gregg Tafralis died on August 11, 2023, at the age of 65.{{cite web |title=Gregg Tafralis |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79108 |website=Olympedia |access-date=13 August 2023}}

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• [http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/2000/tafralis.html Profile]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071006083919/http://www.olympic-usa.org/13220.htm USA Olympic Team]

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