Kelli White
Kelli White
Kelli Whiteis 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. All her performances since December 15, 2000, have been annulled. She was banned for two years by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, effective May 17, 2004. She retired from professional...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth1 April 1977
CountryUnited States of America
I felt that to do this drug, I had to become someone totally different than I was. I had to compromise my integrity, my value system. I knew it was so wrong.
You could run harder, longer. If the workout was four 200s really, really fast, they wouldn't seem as hard as before. You could cut the rest down from five minutes to three. That's a big difference.
I felt betrayed by him, extremely betrayed. He made me believe that if I followed a certain protocol of supplements and different drugs that I could become number 1 in the world.
It sounded good. It was a story that Victor Conte told me to use. I was contacted by Dr. Goldman, and that's how the story came about. And that was my first time ever meeting, or speaking, to Dr. Goldman.
I felt that there were so many people doing it that I would just be like one of the others.
I look at that person and I'm like, That's not Kelli White. That's not who I am, who I started out to be.