Remi Korchemny is the former sprint coach of a number of high profile athletes mainly from the USA. He was an early coach for Soviet Olympic champion Valeri Borzov

Valeri Borzov

Valeriy Borzov is a Soviet athlete; an Olympic; former president of the Ukrainian Olympic Committee, and the Ukrainian Minister for Youth and Sports. In 1972 he won both the 100 m and 200 m sprint events for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games in Munich.-Career:Born in Sambir, Drohobych Oblast,...

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After the 1972 Olympics Korchemny moved to America. There he worked as a coach or advisor for a number of high-profiled athletes, including British sprinter Dwain Chambers

Dwain Chambers

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, and American athletes Kelli White

Kelli White

Kelli White is an American former sprinter. She won two gold medals in the World Championships in Paris in 2003. However, on June 18, 2004, she was stripped of her medals, because she tested positive on a drug test. She admitted guilt and testified before the Court of Arbitration for Sport...

, Chryste Gaines

Chryste Gaines

Chryste Dionne Gaines is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres....

, Chris Phillips

Chris Phillips

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, Alvin Harrison

Alvin Harrison

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, John Register

John Register

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 and Jamaican athlete Grace Jackson

Grace Jackson

Grace Jackson is a retired Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres and 200 metres....

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Korchemny was one of the main figures in the 2003 BALCO

Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative

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 scandal. In 2006 he admitted in a federal investigation to having supplied prescription drugs (not banned) drugs to athletes between 2000 and 2003. In February 2006, Korchemny was sentenced to one year of probation for this. In the aftermath of the scandal Korchemny agreed to retire in 2007. He was the first coach disciplined by the United States Anti-Doping Agency

United States Anti-Doping Agency

The United States Anti-Doping Agency , is a non-profit organization and the national anti-doping organization for the United States. The organization is charged with managing the anti-doping program for the U.S...

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External links

• Mary Nicole Nazzaro: Beijing Olympic Journal: Remi Korchemny Revisited American Track & Field, March/April 2006
• Mary Nicole Nazzaro: Remi Korchemny: The Art of Coaching American Track & Field, Winter 2002