Hélder Ornelas

Hélder Mendes Abreu Ornelas (born 6 May 1974 in Nova Lisboa, Angola) is a Portuguese long-distance runner.

He finished eighth in the long race at the 2001 World Cross Country Championships, fifteenth in the marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and won the 2007 edition of the Prague International Marathon. He also won the 2005 Milan Marathon

Doping

In 2012 Ornelas became the first track and field athlete to get suspended for doping based on the biological passport.{{cite web

| url =https://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/story/_/id/7881539/helder-ornelas-portugal-banned-biological-passport-doping-case

| title =Runner banned in doping case

| date =2 May 2012

| website = ESPN

| publisher =The Associated Press

| access-date = 16 July 2014

}}{{cite web

| url =http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/six-new-athletes-sanctioned-under-the-iaaf-at

| title =Six new athletes sanctioned under the IAAF Athlete Biological Passport programme

| date = 25 July 2012

| website = iaaf.org

| publisher = IAAF

| accessdate = 16 July 2014

}} Accordingly, he received a four-year suspension in May 2012.{{cite web

| url =http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=64099fcf-1e9a-444d-97d9-ea03d79fd4c5.pdf&urlslug=List%20of%20athletes%20currently%20serving%20a%20period%20of%20ineligibility%20as%20a%20result%20of%20an%20Anti-Doping%20Rule%20Violation%20under%20IAAF%20Rules

| title =Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 26.06.14

| date =26 June 2014

| website =iaaf.org

| publisher =IAAF

| accessdate = 16 July 2014

}}

Achievements

{{AchievementTable\|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"\|Representing {{POR}}
2005 \|Milan Marathon \|Milan, Italy \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Marathon \|2:10:00
2006 \|European Championships \|Gothenburg, Sweden \|15th \|Marathon \|2:16:03
rowspan=2\|2007 \|Prague Marathon \|Prague, Czech Republic \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Marathon \|2:11:49
World Championships \|Osaka, Japan \|— \|Marathon \|DNF
2008 \|Olympic Games \|Beijing, PR China \|46th \|Marathon \|2:23:20

colspan="6"|Representing {{POR}}

2005

|Milan Marathon

|Milan, Italy

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Marathon

|2:10:00

2006

|European Championships

|Gothenburg, Sweden

|15th

|Marathon