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{{short description|Hungarian sprinter}}
{{eastern name order|Dobos Gábor}}
'''Gábor Dobos''' (born 21 February 1976 in [[Budapest]]) is a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] sprinter who specializes in the [[100 metres]].

He finished fifth in the [[60 metres]] at the [[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships]] in Birmingham. His personal best time over 100 m is 10.17 seconds, achieved in July 1999 in [[Budapest]]. Dobos finished seventh with the Hungarian [[4 x 100 metres relay]] team, which consisted of [[Viktor Kovács]], Dobos, [[Roland Németh]] and [[Zsolt Szeglet]] ([[Zsolt Szeglet]] ran in the final only, [[Miklós Gyulai]] ran as fourth in the semifinals), at the [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 World Championships]].

Dobos failed a [[doping test]] in 2000. In a May 2006 in-competition doping test he tested positive for [[drostanolone]] and [[testosterone (medication)|testosterone]], and was suspended from the [[2006 European Championships in Athletics|2006 European Championships]] pending the outcome of the B sample analysis. In December he was handed a life ban.<ref>{{cite news |author=Xinhua |title=Hungary sprinter faces lifetime ban for second doping test |url=http://english.people.com.cn/200608/02/eng20060802_289238.html |work=People's Daily Online |date=2006-08-02 |access-date=2006-11-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Doping Rule Violation |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=1073741824/newsId=37134.html |publisher=IAAF |date=2006-12-21 |access-date=2006-12-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224003851/http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=1073741824/newsId=37134.html |archive-date=February 24, 2007 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{World Athletics||name=Gábor Dobos}}

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[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Hungarian male sprinters]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Hungary]]
[[Category:Doping cases in athletics]]
[[Category:Hungarian sportspeople in doping cases]]
[[Category:Athletes from Budapest]]
[[Category:21st-century Hungarian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Hungarian Athletics Championships winners]]


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