Related cases:
FINA 2016 FINA vs Mauricio Fiol Villanueva
March 14, 2016
CAS 2016_A_4534 Mauricio Fiol Villanueva vs FINA
March 16, 2017
On 14 March 2016 the FINA Doping Panel decided to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Peruvian swimmer Mauricio Fiol Villanueva after his A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance Stanozolol. The Athlete appealed however on 16 March 2017 the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decided to dismissed the Athlete's appeal and to confirm the FINA decision.
In 2019 FINA reported multiple anti-doping rule violations against the swimmer after his 6 samples - collected between June 2019 and September 2019 - tested positive for the prohibited substance Stanozolol. After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete failed to respond to the FINA communications, nor did he file a statement in his defence.
Considering the evidence in this case the FINA Doping Panel finds that the Athlete committed the reported anti-doping rule violations and that these multiple violations shall be considered as a single anti-doping rule violation. The Doping Panel holds that the Athlete was duly notified of the proceedings but failed to establish that the violation was not intentional.
Since this is the Athlete's second anti-doping rule violation the FINA Doping Panel decides on 19 August 2020 to impose an 8 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 3 August 2019.
The FINA costs of the analysis of the Athlete's A and B samples and Documentation Packages for all 6 samples shall be borne by the Athlete.
