We are working to restore the Unionpedia app on the Google Play Store
OutgoingIncoming
🌟We've simplified our design for better navigation!
Instagram Facebook X LinkedIn

World Anti-Doping Agency

Index World Anti-Doping Agency

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA; Agence mondiale antidopage, AMA) is a foundation initiated by the International Olympic Committee based in Canada to promote, coordinate, and monitor the fight against drugs in sports. [1]

Open in Google Maps

Table of Contents

  1. 99 relations: ABC News (Australia), Allison Schmitt, American football, Amira El Fadil, Amphetamine, Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Associated Press, Athens, BBC News, Board of Control for Cricket in India, Canada, Cannabis and sports, CBC News, China at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Council of Europe, Court of Arbitration for Sport, Craig Reedie, Dan Kersch, Danka Barteková, Diane Smith-Gander, Dick Pound, Doping at the Asian Games, Doping at the Olympic Games, Doping in Russia, Doping in sport, Elena Delle Donne, English language, Fancy Bear, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FIFA, FIFPRO, Formoterol, French language, Greece, Grigory Rodchenkov, Growth hormone, Hydrocortisone, Hydromorphone, Ingmar De Vos, International Convention Against Doping in Sport, International Olympic Committee, International Paralympic Committee, Jiří Kejval, Jim Walden (lawyer), John Fahey (politician), Kamila Valieva, Katowice, Lausanne, List of doping cases in sport, List of national anti-doping organizations, ... Expand index (49 more) »

  2. 1999 establishments in Switzerland
  3. Anti-doping organizations
  4. International organizations based in Canada
  5. International sports organisations based in Switzerland
  6. Olympic organizations
  7. Organisations based in Lausanne
  8. Sports organizations established in 1999

ABC News (Australia)

ABC News, also known as ABC News and Current Affairs and overseas as ABC Australia, is a public news service produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and ABC News (Australia)

Allison Schmitt

Allison Rodgers Schmitt (born June 7, 1990) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in freestyle events.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Allison Schmitt

American football

American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and American football

Amira El Fadil

Amira El Fadil (born 15 January 1967) is a Sudanese government official.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Amira El Fadil

Amphetamine

Amphetamine (contracted from alpha-methylphenethylamine) is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), narcolepsy, and obesity.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Amphetamine

Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights

Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights provides a right to respect for one's "private and family life, his home and his correspondence", subject to certain restrictions that are "in accordance with law" and "necessary in a democratic society".

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights

Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Associated Press

Athens

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Athens

BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and BBC News

Board of Control for Cricket in India

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the principal national governing body of cricket in India.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Board of Control for Cricket in India

Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Canada

Cannabis and sports

The use of cannabis by athletes has been banned by many sports commissions. World Anti-Doping Agency and cannabis and sports are doping in sport.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Cannabis and sports

CBC News

CBC News is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and CBC News

China at the 2024 Summer Olympics

The People's Republic of China is competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and China at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Council of Europe

The Council of Europe (CoE; Conseil de l'Europe, CdE) is an international organisation with the goal of upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Council of Europe

Court of Arbitration for Sport

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS; Tribunal arbitral du sport, TAS) is an international body established in 1984 to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration. World Anti-Doping Agency and Court of Arbitration for Sport are international sports organisations based in Switzerland, olympic organizations and organisations based in Lausanne.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Court of Arbitration for Sport

Craig Reedie

Sir Craig Collins Reedie (born 6 May 1941) is a Scottish sports administrator, noteworthy as the former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, a former chairman of the British Olympic Association (1992–2005) and a vice-president of, and a serving representative on, the International Olympic Committee.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Craig Reedie

Dan Kersch

Daniel Kersch (born 27 December 1961) is a Luxembourgish politician.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Dan Kersch

Danka Barteková

Danka Barteková (born 19 October 1984) is a Slovak skeet shooter.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Danka Barteková

Diane Smith-Gander

Diane Lee Smith-Gander (born November 1957) is an Australian business executive.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Diane Smith-Gander

Dick Pound

Richard William Duncan Pound (born March 22, 1942), better known as Dick Pound, is a Canadian swimming champion, lawyer, and spokesman for ethics in sport.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Dick Pound

Doping at the Asian Games

What follows is a list of all the athletes that have tested positive for a banned substance either during or before an Asian Games in which they competed. World Anti-Doping Agency and Doping at the Asian Games are doping in sport.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Doping at the Asian Games

Doping at the Olympic Games

Competitors at the Olympic Games have used banned athletic performance-enhancing drugs. World Anti-Doping Agency and Doping at the Olympic Games are doping in sport.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Doping at the Olympic Games

Doping in Russia

Systematic doping of Russian athletes has resulted in 50 Olympic medals stripped from Russia (and Russian associated teams), four times the number of the next highest, and more than 30% of the global total. World Anti-Doping Agency and doping in Russia are doping in sport.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Doping in Russia

Doping in sport

In competitive sports, doping is the use of banned athletic performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) by athletic competitors, as a way of cheating.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Doping in sport

Elena Delle Donne

Elena Delle Donne (born September 5, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Elena Delle Donne

English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and English language

Fancy Bear

Fancy Bear is a Russian cyber espionage group.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Fancy Bear

Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation

FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, more commonly known by its acronym FIFA, is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. World Anti-Doping Agency and FIFA are international sports organisations based in Switzerland.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and FIFA

FIFPRO

The Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs Professionnels, generally referred to as FIFPRO, is the worldwide representative organisation for 65,000 professional footballers.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and FIFPRO

Formoterol

Formoterol, also known as eformoterol, is a long-acting β2 agonist (LABA) used as a bronchodilator in the management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Formoterol

French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and French language

Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Greece

Grigory Rodchenkov

Grigory Mikhailovich Rodchenkov (Григорий Михайлович Родченков; born 24 October 1958) is the former head of Russia's national anti-doping laboratory, the Anti-Doping Center.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Grigory Rodchenkov

Growth hormone

Growth hormone (GH) or somatotropin, also known as human growth hormone (hGH or HGH) in its human form, is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction, and cell regeneration in humans and other animals.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Growth hormone

Hydrocortisone

Hydrocortisone is the name for the hormone cortisol when supplied as a medication.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Hydrocortisone

Hydromorphone

Hydromorphone, also known as dihydromorphinone, and sold under the brand name Dilaudid among others, is a morphinan opioid used to treat moderate to severe pain.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Hydromorphone

Ingmar De Vos

Ingmar De Vos (born 5 August 1963) is a Belgian professional sports manager serving as the thirteenth and current President of the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (Fédération Equestre Internationale) (FEI).

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Ingmar De Vos

International Convention Against Doping in Sport

The International Convention Against Doping in Sport is a multilateral UNESCO treaty by which states agree to adopt national measures to prevent and eliminate drug doping in sport. World Anti-Doping Agency and International Convention Against Doping in Sport are doping in sport.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and International Convention Against Doping in Sport

International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC; Comité international olympique, CIO) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. World Anti-Doping Agency and international Olympic Committee are international sports organisations based in Switzerland, olympic organizations and organisations based in Lausanne.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and International Olympic Committee

International Paralympic Committee

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and International Paralympic Committee

Jiří Kejval

Jiří Kejval (born 30 November 1967 in Prague) is a Czech sports official, businessman and since 2012 President of the Czech Olympic Committee (Czech NOC).

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Jiří Kejval

Jim Walden (lawyer)

James Walden (born January 19, 1966) is an American lawyer.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Jim Walden (lawyer)

John Fahey (politician)

John Joseph Fahey AC (10 January 194512 September 2020) was an Australian politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 1992 to 1995 and as the federal Minister for Finance from 1996 to 2001.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and John Fahey (politician)

Kamila Valieva

--> | show-medals.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Kamila Valieva

Katowice

Katowice is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. Katowice is a central part of the Metropolis GZM, with a population of 2.3 million, and a part of a larger Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area that extends into the Czech Republic and has a population of around 5 million people, making it one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the European Union.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Katowice

Lausanne

Lausanne (Losena) is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French-speaking canton of Vaud.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Lausanne

List of doping cases in sport

The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and List of doping cases in sport

List of national anti-doping organizations

The following organizations are national anti-doping organizations (NADOs) affiliated with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). World Anti-Doping Agency and List of national anti-doping organizations are anti-doping organizations.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and List of national anti-doping organizations

Methylphenidate

Methylphenidate, sold under the brand names Ritalin and Concerta among others, is a potent central nervous system (CNS) stimulant used medically to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and, to a lesser extent, narcolepsy.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Methylphenidate

Methylprednisolone

Methylprednisolone (Depo-Medrol, Medrol, Solu-Medrol) is a synthetic glucocorticoid, primarily prescribed for its anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Methylprednisolone

Michael Phelps

Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Michael Phelps

Montreal

Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Montreal

National Football League

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).

See World Anti-Doping Agency and National Football League

National Football League Players Association

The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) is the labor union representing National Football League (NFL) players.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and National Football League Players Association

Nature (journal)

Nature is a British weekly scientific journal founded and based in London, England.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Nature (journal)

NBC News

NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and NBC News

Nenad Lalović

Nenad Lalović (born on 21 August 1958, in Belgrade) is a Serbian businessman.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Nenad Lalović

NPR

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and NPR

Office of National Drug Control Policy

The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is a component of the Executive Office of the President of the United States.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Office of National Drug Control Policy

Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Olympic Games

Oxycodone

Oxycodone, sold under various brand names such as Roxicodone and OxyContin (which is the extended release form), is a semi-synthetic opioid used medically for treatment of moderate to severe pain.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Oxycodone

Pharmacokinetics

Pharmacokinetics (from Ancient Greek pharmakon "drug" and kinetikos "moving, putting in motion"; see chemical kinetics), sometimes abbreviated as PK, is a branch of pharmacology dedicated to describing how the body affects a specific substance after administration.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Pharmacokinetics

Phishing

Phishing is a form of social engineering and a scam where attackers deceive people into revealing sensitive information or installing malware such as viruses, worms, adware, or ransomware.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Phishing

Prednisolone

Prednisolone is a corticosteroid, a steroid hormone used to treat certain types of allergies, inflammatory conditions, autoimmune disorders, and cancers.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Prednisolone

Prednisone

Prednisone is a glucocorticoid medication mostly used to suppress the immune system and decrease inflammation in conditions such as asthma, COPD, and rheumatologic diseases.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Prednisone

Quebec

QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Quebec

Richard Colbeck

Richard Mansell Colbeck (born 5 April 1958) is an Australian politician.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Richard Colbeck

Richard McLaren (academic)

Richard Henry McLaren (born 1945) is a law professor at Western University in Ontario, Canada, specializing in sports law.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Richard McLaren (academic)

Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Salt Lake City

Serena Williams

Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Serena Williams

Simon Gillham

Simon Gillham (born 24 February 1956 in Letchworth Garden City) is a member of Vivendi’s Management Board as well as the co-owner and chairman of the professional French rugby team Club athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin (Top 14).

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Simon Gillham

Simone Biles

Simone Arianne Biles Owens (née Biles; born March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Simone Biles

Sun Yang

Sun Yang (born 1 December 1991) is a Chinese Olympic and world-record-holding competitive swimmer.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Sun Yang

The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and The Guardian

The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and The Hindu

The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and The New York Times

The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and The Sunday Times

Therapeutic use exemption

A therapeutic use exemption (TUE), also known as a temporary use exemption, is a term created in 1991 and refers to an official medical document.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Therapeutic use exemption

Travis Tygart

Travis Thompson Tygart (born 1971) is an American lawyer and CEO of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Travis Tygart

Triamcinolone

Triamcinolone is a glucocorticoid used to treat certain skin diseases, allergies, and rheumatic disorders among others.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Triamcinolone

Trimetazidine

Trimetazidine (IUPAC: 1-(2,3,4-trimethoxybenzyl)piperazine) is a drug sold under many brand names for angina pectoris (chest pain associated with impaired blood flow to the heart). Trimetazidine is described as the first cytoprotective anti-ischemic agent developed and marketed by Laboratoires Servier (France).

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Trimetazidine

Uğur Erdener

Uğur Erdener (born June 15, 1950) is a Turkish physician specialized in ophthalmology and professor at the Hacettepe University, Ankara.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Uğur Erdener

UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA; Union des associations européennes de football; Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. World Anti-Doping Agency and UEFA are international sports organisations based in Switzerland.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and UEFA

UK Anti-Doping

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) is the organisation responsible for protecting sport in the United Kingdom from doping. World Anti-Doping Agency and UK Anti-Doping are anti-doping organizations.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and UK Anti-Doping

UK Sport

UK Sport is the government agency responsible for investing money sourced from the National Lottery and the government, into Olympic and Paralympic sport in the United Kingdom.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and UK Sport

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and UNESCO

United States Anti-Doping Agency

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is a non-profit, non-governmental 501(c)(3) organization and the national anti-doping organization (NADO) for the United States. World Anti-Doping Agency and United States Anti-Doping Agency are anti-doping organizations.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and United States Anti-Doping Agency

United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and United States Department of Justice

United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and the National Paralympic Committee for the United States.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee

Venus Williams

Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Venus Williams

Witold Bańka

Witold Bańka (born 3 October 1984) is a Polish former 400 metres sprinter turned politician.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Witold Bańka

World Aquatics

World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA (Fédération internationale de natation; International Swimming Federation), is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in water sports. World Anti-Doping Agency and World Aquatics are organisations based in Lausanne.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and World Aquatics

World Athletics

World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and World Athletics

Yang Yang (speed skater, born 1976)

Yang Yang (born 24 August 1976) is a retired Chinese short track speed skater.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Yang Yang (speed skater, born 1976)

Yuliya Stepanova

Yuliya Igorevna Stepanova (née Rusanova; Ю́лия И́горевна Степанова (Русанова); born 3 July 1986) is a Russian runner who specializes in the 800 metres track event.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and Yuliya Stepanova

2020 Summer Olympics

The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July 2021.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and 2020 Summer Olympics

2034 Winter Olympics

The 2034 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXVII Olympic Winter Games and branded as Salt Lake City–Utah 2034, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area of Utah in the United States, from February 10–26, 2034.

See World Anti-Doping Agency and 2034 Winter Olympics

See also

1999 establishments in Switzerland

Anti-doping organizations

International organizations based in Canada

International sports organisations based in Switzerland

Olympic organizations

Organisations based in Lausanne

Sports organizations established in 1999

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Anti-Doping_Agency

Also known as Anti-doping whereabouts, Anti-doping whereabouts violation, WADA Code, World Anti Doping Agency, World Anti-Doping Association, World Anti-Doping Code, World Antidoping Agency.

, Methylphenidate, Methylprednisolone, Michael Phelps, Montreal, National Football League, National Football League Players Association, Nature (journal), NBC News, Nenad Lalović, NPR, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Olympic Games, Oxycodone, Pharmacokinetics, Phishing, Prednisolone, Prednisone, Quebec, Richard Colbeck, Richard McLaren (academic), Salt Lake City, Serena Williams, Simon Gillham, Simone Biles, Sun Yang, The Guardian, The Hindu, The New York Times, The Sunday Times, Therapeutic use exemption, Travis Tygart, Triamcinolone, Trimetazidine, Uğur Erdener, UEFA, UK Anti-Doping, UK Sport, UNESCO, United States Anti-Doping Agency, United States Department of Justice, United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, Venus Williams, Witold Bańka, World Aquatics, World Athletics, Yang Yang (speed skater, born 1976), Yuliya Stepanova, 2020 Summer Olympics, 2034 Winter Olympics.