María José Ribera (born 28 October 1996) is a Bolivian swimmer. She competed in the women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.[1][2]
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| Born | 28 October 1996 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
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| Sport | Swimming |
At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Ribera participated in the Women's 50 metre freestyle event on 3 August where she was initially recorded in 28th position. However she subsequently tested positive for furosemide and was retrospectively disqualified on 29 August.[3] She was then issued with a provisional suspension by World Aquatics that commenced in October 2024.[4]
In November 2025, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) issued Ribera with a 16-month ban backdated to October 2024 for the positive doping test which was deemed as unintentional.[5][6] The CAS report revealed that her physician, Dr Matheus Das Neves Borgo, had erroneously requested for furosemide to added to a made-to-order supplement that Ribera subsequently used without sufficiently checking the ingredients. Dr Borgo received a six-year ban.[7]
References
edit- ↑ "Heats results". FINA. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ↑ "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ↑ "Olympic Games Paris 2024 – the ITA sanctions Bolivian athlete María José Ribera Pinto". ITA (International Testing Agency). 29 August 2024.
- ↑ Baxley, Will (22 October 2024). "Bolivian Olympian María José Pinto Ribera Under Provisional Doping Suspension". Swimswam. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ↑ Nuñez, Luis Lijerón (3 October 2024). "María José Ribera es suspendida por dos años tras doping positivo". El Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ↑ Dunlop, Keith (18 December 2025). "Doping Case Involving Bolivian Olympian Maria Jose Pinto Ribera Settled". SwimSwam.
- ↑ "The ITA reports that Dr Matheus Das Neves Borgo has been sanctioned with a 6-year period of ineligibility". ITA. 12 June 2025.
External links
edit- María José Ribera at World Aquatics
- María José Ribera at Olympics.com
- María José Ribera at Olympedia
- María José Ribera at InterSportStats
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