Sandro Donati
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| nationality = Italian
| sport = Athletics
| event = Running
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1947|6|14}}
| birth_place = Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
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Sandro Donati (Monte Porzio Catone, 14 June 1947) is an Italian athletics coach and antidoping activist.
Biography
He is mostly known for his battle against doping in athletics, soccer, and cycling and for denouncing Italian athletics scandals in the mid-1980s.{{cite web|url=http://www.podiumcafe.com/2011/2/16/1997823/tough-on-doping-tough-on-the-causes-of-doping-francesco-conconi-and|title=Tough On Doping, Tough On The Causes Of Doping – Francesco Conconi and the Introduction of the H-test|date=16 February 2011 |publisher=podiumcafe.com|accessdate=22 August 2012}}
He coached the Italy national athletics sprint team from 1977 to 1987, but was dismissed after denouncing the rigged jump of Giovanni Evangelisti at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics held in Rome.[http://www.chrisharrisonwriting.com/journalism/_3/ The Man Who Knows Too Much] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226212536/http://www.chrisharrisonwriting.com/journalism/_3/ |date=2014-02-26 }}, Sport Monthly, March 2003, retr from chrisharrisonwriting.com on 2012 10 20{{Cite web|title=Anti-doping; The Fraud Behind the Stage|url=https://www.playthegame.org/news/news-articles/2000/anti-doping-the-fraud-behind-the-stage/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=www.playthegame.org}} Author of several books about doping, he was Head of Research and Experimentation of Italian National Olympic Committee from 1990 to 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.casadellalegalita.info/rassegna-othermenu-28/2007-othermenu-102/569-doping-donati-qla-confessione-sia-totale.html|title=La scheda di Donati - Consulente dell'agenzia mondiale antidoping|publisher=casadellalegalita.info|language=italian|accessdate=22 August 2012}}
In 1999, after Lance Armstrong's first Tour de France victory, Donati assisted The Sunday Times journalist David Walsh in his pursuit of a connection between Armstrong and the infamous "doping doctor", Michele Ferrari.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE8CflJCk2g&t=2709s {{dead link|date=September 2021}}
He trained Alex Schwazer during his bid to return to the Olympics after his disqualification for doping. Schwzer qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics, however he never competed as he was found positive to doping for a second time. Donati believes a conspiracy was enacted to punish him and Schwazer for their whistleblowing against state sponsored doping.{{Cite web |date=2016-08-09 |title=IAAF sabotage alleged in testing of Alex Schwazer |url=https://www.sportsintegrityinitiative.com/iaaf-sabotage-alleged-in-testing-of-alex-schwazer/ |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=Sports Integrity Initiative |language=en-GB}}
Books
- {{cite book
|last= Donati
|first= Sandro
|title= L'organizzazione dell'allenamento
|publisher= Società stampa sportiva
|location= Rome
|year= 1983
|isbn=
}}
- {{cite book
|last= Donati
|first= Sandro
|title= Campioni senza valore
|publisher= Ponte alle Grazie
|location= Florence
|year= 1989
|isbn=
}}
- {{cite book
|last= Donati
|first= Sandro
|title= Lo sport del doping. Chi lo subisce, chi lo combatte
|publisher= EGA-Edizioni Gruppo Abele
|location= Rome
|year= 2012
|isbn= 978-8865790335
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/Primo_Piano/2007/05_Maggio/08/intervistadonati_0805.shtml Donati: "La confessione sia totale] at La Gazzetta dello Sport web site {{in lang|it}}
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