Kenny Williams (cyclist)
Encyclopedia
Kenny Williams is an American
amateur racing cyclist.
Williams won the 1999 national criterium title Sunday at the U.S. Cycling Federation
Road Cycling Championships held in Loveland, Ohio
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Williams and partner Kirk O'Bee came in third place at the Burnaby Six-Day cycling event in January 2008.
Williams was suspended in 2009 for taking the steroid Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) prior to the United States Masters Championships, where he claimed the 3000 metre individual pursuit and kilometre time trial titles.
Kenny Williams admitted to and tested positive for performance enhancing substances in November, 2009.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency extended the suspension because Williams violated the provisions of his two-year period of ineligibility by competing in a local race in April 2010. Williams was originally suspended from competition following a positive test at the Masters National Championships in August 2009. According to USADA, Williams’ sample tested positive for “a prohibited anabolic agent.” Williams later accepted his suspension and admitted to having used Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA).
United States
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amateur racing cyclist.
Williams won the 1999 national criterium title Sunday at the U.S. Cycling Federation
USA Cycling
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Road Cycling Championships held in Loveland, Ohio
Loveland, Ohio
Loveland is a city in Hamilton, Clermont, and Warren counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Considered part of the Greater Cincinnati area, Loveland is located near exit 52 off Interstate 275, about northeast of the Cincinnati city limits. It borders Symmes, Miami and...
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Williams and partner Kirk O'Bee came in third place at the Burnaby Six-Day cycling event in January 2008.
Williams was suspended in 2009 for taking the steroid Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) prior to the United States Masters Championships, where he claimed the 3000 metre individual pursuit and kilometre time trial titles.
Career highlights
- 2001: 1º in Tahuya-Seabeck-Tahuya Road Race (USA)
- 2003: 1º in National Championship, Track, Pursuit, Elite, United States of America, Leigh Valley (USA)
- 2003: 3º in National Championship, Track, Madison, Elite, United States of America, Leigh Valley (USA)
- 2004: 3º in National Championship, Road, ITT, Elite, United States of America, Redlands (USA)
- 2004: 2º in National Championship, Track, Pursuit, Elite, United States of America, Frisco Superdrome (USA)
- 2005: 2º in National Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Elite, United States of America, Los Angeles (USA)
- 2007: 2º in Burnaby, Six Days (CAN)
- 2007: 3º in National Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Elite, United States of America, Carson, CA (USA)
- 2008: 3º in Burnaby, Six Days (CAN)
Kenny Williams admitted to and tested positive for performance enhancing substances in November, 2009.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency extended the suspension because Williams violated the provisions of his two-year period of ineligibility by competing in a local race in April 2010. Williams was originally suspended from competition following a positive test at the Masters National Championships in August 2009. According to USADA, Williams’ sample tested positive for “a prohibited anabolic agent.” Williams later accepted his suspension and admitted to having used Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA).
External links
Apology Letter- http://wsba.wsbaracing.com/pipermail/wsba/2009-November/001489.html
- http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/08/news/williams-suspension-extended_134118