CrossFit Athletes Serving Sanctions for Drug Violations

The CrossFit Games are the world’s premier and definitive test of fitness. To protect the integrity of the competition and its athletes, CrossFit works hard to ensure a level playing field, in part by creating and enforcing the guidelines outlined in the Rulebook, and in part by strongly enforcing an anti-doping policy — an absolute necessity when crowning the Fittest on Earth.

Each year, CrossFit, LLC expands its efforts and methods of testing. Below you will find a complete list of athletes currently serving bans or sanctions for being found in breach of CrossFit’s Drug Testing Policy.

This article will be updated as ban and sanction terms are completed or as new athletes are added.

FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	SANCTION START DATE	RETURN TO ELIGIBILITY	SANCTION DETAILS
Ben	Garard	May 17, 2019	May 17, 2023	4-year sanction. Positive drug test at the 2019 Down Under CrossFit Championship for GW1516 sulfoxide and GW1516 sulfone, metabolites of GW1516.
Vincent	Lopez	Aug. 2, 2019	Aug. 2, 2023	4-year sanction. Positive test at the 2019 CrossFit Games for exogenous testosterone.
Mauro	Acevedo	Aug. 19, 2019	Aug. 19, 2023	4-year sanction. Positive test at the 2019 FitLand Fitness Festival for oral turinabol and its metabolite 6β-OH-dehydrochloromethyltestosterone and GW1516 sulfone, metabolites of GW1516.
Achilleas	Pantazis	July 29, 2019	July 29, 2023	2-year sanction. Positive drug test at the 2019 CrossFit Games for GW1516 sulfoxide and GW1516 sulfone, metabolites of GW1516.
Paul	Perna	Aug. 4, 2019	Aug. 4, 2023	4-year sanction. Positive test at the 2019 CrossFit Games for exogenous testosterone.
Robbie	Perovich	Aug. 4, 2019	Aug. 4, 2023	4-year sanction. Positive drug test at the 2019 CrossFit Games for GW1516 sulfoxide and GW1516 sulfone, metabolites of GW1516.
Juan	Sforzini	Aug. 19, 2019	Aug. 19, 2023	4-year sanction. Positive test at the 2019 FitLand Fitness Festival for stanozolol metabolites.
Gabor	Torok	July 29, 2019	July 29, 2023	4-year sanction. Positive test at the 2019 CrossFit Games for a stanozolol metabolite and clomiphene.
Franky	Wood	July 29, 2019	July 29, 2023	4-year sanction. Positive drug test at the 2019 CrossFit Games for 3-hydroxy-4-methoxy tamoxifen and intact human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG).
Anna	Fragkou	Aug. 2, 2019	Aug. 2, 2023	4-year sanction. Positive test at the 2019 CrossFit Games for a metabolite of oral turinabol (4-chloro-18-nor-17β-hydroxymethyl,17α-methyl-5α-androst-13-en-3α-ol).
Katie	Trombetta	July 30, 2019	July 30, 2023	4-year sanction. Positive test at the 2019 CrossFit Games for metabolites of GW1516 and ostarine.
Hylie	Thompson	Aug. 4, 2019	Aug. 4, 2023	4-year sanction. Positive drug test at the 2019 CrossFit Games for GW1516 sulfoxide and GW1516 sulfone, metabolites of GW1516.
Marion	Valkenburg	Aug. 4, 2019	Aug. 4, 2023	4-year sanction. Positive test at the 2019 CrossFit Games for stanozolol metabolites.
Lefteris	Theofanidis	Dec. 12, 2019	Dec. 12, 2023	4-year sanction. Positive drug test at the 2019 Dubai CrossFit Championship for 19-norandrosterone, a metabolite of nandrolone and meldonium.
Janelle	Stites	Jan. 21, 2019	Jan. 21, 2023	4-year sanction. Provided a sample to USADA that contained ostarine.
Alanna	Fisk Colón	Feb. 21, 2020	Feb. 21, 2024	4-year sanction. Provided a sample at the 2020 Wodapalooza CrossFit Festival that contained a metabolite of oral turinabol and metabolites of GW1516.
Ashleigh	Fleser	June 6, 2021	June 6, 2025	4-year sanction. Provided a sample at the 2021 Granite Games that contained ibutamoren and di-hydroxy-LGD-4033.
Ray	Fleser	June 6, 2021	June 6, 2025	4-year sanction. Provided a sample at the 2021 Granite Games that contained metabolites of nandrolone, metabolites of bolandione, S-23, ostarine, ibutamoren, LGD-4033 and its metabolite di-hydroxy-LGD-4033, metabolites of GW1516, and clomiphene.
Katie	Christian	June 6, 2021	June 6, 2025	4-year sanction. Provided a sample at the 2021 Granite Games that contained synthetic forms of endogenous anabolic androgenic steroids.
Deshawn	Smith	June 20, 2021	June 20, 2025	4-year sanction. Provided a sample at the 2021 West Coast Classic that contained metabolites of GW1516.
Larissa	Cunha	July 14, 2021	July 21, 2023	2-year sanction. Provided an out-of-competition sample that contained ostarine.
Stephanie	Roy	July 29, 2021	July 29, 2025	4-year sanction. Provided a sample at the 2021 CrossFit Games that contained GW1516 sulfoxide and GW1516 sulfone, metabolites of GW1516.
Nick	Bloch	July 29, 2021	July 29, 2025	4-year sanction. Provided a sample at the 2021 CrossFit Games that contained GW1516 sulfoxide and GW1516 sulfone, metabolites of GW1516.
George	Simonds-Gooding	July 29, 2021	July 29, 2023	2-year sanction. Provided a sample at the 2021 CrossFit Games that contained GW1516 sulfoxide and GW1516 sulfone, metabolites of GW1516. It also contained di-hydroxy-LGD-4033.
Svetlana	Kubyshkina	Aug. 28, 2021	Aug. 28, 2025	4-year sanction. Provided an out-of-competition sample that contained methenolone and its metabolite, 3a-hydroxy-1-methylene-5a-androstan-17-one. It also contained furosemide and trimetazidine.
Bernard	Luzi	July 29, 2021	July 29, 2025	4-year sanction. Provided a sample at the CrossFit Games that contained meldonium.
Joey	Coste	April 4, 2022	April 4, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample that contained GW1516 sulfoxide and GW1516 sulfone, metabolites of GW1516.
Nycholas	Joyal	June 12, 2022	June 12, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample at the Atlas Games that contained GW1516 sulfoxide and GW1516 sulfone, metabolites of GW1516. It also contained Ostarine.
Sabrina	Dellagiustina	June 12, 2022	June 12, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample at Copa Sur that contained metabolites of Oxandrolone.
Lumma	Roberta	June 12, 2022	June 12, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample at Copa Sur that contained Gestrinone and metabolites of GW1516.
Phablo	Lima	June 12, 2022	June 12, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample at Copa Sur that contained Ostarine and metabolites of GW1516 and Oxandrolone.
Willian	Dalpogeto	June 12, 2022	June 12, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample at the Copa Sur that contained clomiphene, metabolites of nandrolone, and stanozolol.
Claudia	Espinosa	June 12, 2022	June 12, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample at the Copa Sur that contained metabolites of clomiphene, methenolone, and stanozolol.
Michel	Catris	June 12, 2022	June 12, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample that contained anastrozole, clomiphene and its metabolite, and metabolites of GW1516.
Benjamin	Wadham	June 12, 2022	June 12, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample that contained metabolites of oral turinabol and Ostarine.
Jaylond	Franklin	May 29, 2022	May 29, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample that contained a metabolite of GW1516.
Toby	Johnson	May 29, 2022	May 29, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample that contained a metabolite of GW1516.
Pieter	Smith	July 15, 2022	July 15, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample that contained RAD140.
Ines	Alviso	June 12, 2022	June 12, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample that contained a metabolite of GW1516.
Mirela	Bedore	June 12, 2022	June 12, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample that contained metabolites of GW1516, metabolites of stanozolol, and a metabolite of LGD-4033.
Sandra	Annett	June 12, 2022	June 12, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample containing a metabolite of stanozolol.
Phil	Toon	June 5, 2022	June 5, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample containing a metabolite of drostanolone,19-norandrosterone, and 19-noretiocholanolone.
Lize	Burns	May 29, 2022	May 29, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample containing metabolites of GW1516.
Tommy	Tillman	Aug. 6, 2022	Aug. 6, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample containing clomiphene.
Hunter	Williams	May 22, 2022	May 22, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample that contained a metabolite of GW1516.
Pedro	Martins	June 12, 2022	June 12, 2024	2-year sanction. Provided a sample that contained clomiphene.
Bart	Walsh	Aug. 6, 2022	Aug. 6, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample that contained metabolites of GW1516.
Stephen	Wallace	May 22, 2022	May 22, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample that contained ostarine.
Taylor	Streid	May 22, 2022	May 22, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample that contained ostarine.
Nasser	Alruwayeh	June 5, 2022	June 5, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample that contained a metabolite of GW1516.
Jeff	Adams	Aug. 6, 2022	Aug. 6, 2026	4-year sanction. Provided a sample that contained S-23.
Danijela	Hodges	March 19, 2023	March 19, 2027	4-year sanction. Failed to submit to a drug test when notified.

All the athletes listed above have completed the appeals process. Athletes who commit a violation of the Drug Testing Policy have the right to state their case prior to any sanctions being imposed. Within 72 hours of being notified of their violation, an athlete must provide written notice of their intent to submit a written petition of appeal concerning the violation. A request by the athlete for any pertinent documents (if necessary or desired) must be made within this initial written notice and not at a later date. Thereafter, from the time of receipt of any materials provided by CrossFit, the athlete has 10 business days to submit the written petition of appeal explaining why they are not in violation of the Drug Testing Policy. Following a review of the athlete’s petition of appeal, CrossFit will respond in a timely manner to provide a written response of its decision, including supporting reasons, either to deny or grant the appeal. If, after this investigation, the athlete is found to be in violation of the Drug Testing Policy, CrossFit will proceed with applying any appropriate sanctions.

CrossFit recognizes that some banned substances are used for legitimate medical purposes. In rare cases, CrossFit permits a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) to be granted for those athletes with a documented medical history demonstrating the need for the regular use of such a drug. CrossFit adheres to the standards set by the World Anti-Doping Association (WADA) and will only grant a TUE in strict accordance with all of the criteria details in the Drug Policy. The use of a prohibited substance to increase “low-normal” levels of any endogenous hormone and the use of anabolic substance are not considered an acceptable therapeutic intervention.

CrossFit partners with Drug Free Sport, which conducts drug analysis for the NFL, NBA, MLB and NCAA, along with 300 other sports and athletic organizations, to administer its testing program. A laboratory approved by WADA processes blood and urine samples collected from CrossFit Games athletes.

How to Report Incidences of Cheating

Email Games Support: Anyone may report a violation via email at support@crossfitgames.com.