List of doping cases in sport (R)

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Name	Country	Event	Banned substance(s)	Reference(s)
Andreea Răducan	Romania	Gymnastics	Pseudoephedrine	[1]
Fernando Rafael	Argentina	Weightlifting	Clenbuterol	[2]
Nursultan Rakhatov	Kazakhstan	Weightlifting	Stanozolol	[2]
Robin Rahm	Sweden	Ice hockey	Anabolic steroids	[3]
Singh Rahuveer	Iran	Volleyball	Norandrosterone	[4]
Satheesha Rai	India	Weightlifting		[5] [6]
Tim Raines Sr.	United States	Baseball	Cocaine	[7]
Mario Rajola	Italy	Swimming	Cannabis	[8]
Edwin Raju	India	Weightlifting		[9]
Ruslan Ramazanov	Turkmenistan	Weightlifting	Norandrosterone	[2]
Kléber Ramos	Brazil	Cycling	Erythropoietin (EPO)	[10] [11]
Fernando Romboli	Brazil	Tennis		[12]
Elmira Ramileva	Uzbekistan	Weightlifting	Stanozolol	[13]
Manny Ramirez	Dominican Republic	Baseball	Performance Enhancing Drugs	[14]
Kevin Randleman	United States	Mixed martial arts	Submitting fake urine sample	[15]
Sunita Rani	India	Weightlifting	Norandrosterone	[2]
Hussain Rashed	United Arab Emirates	Weightlifting	Stanozolol, Hydroxystanozolol	[2]
Alex Rasmussen	Denmark	Cycling	Missed test	[16]
Michael Rasmussen	Denmark	Cycling	Blood doping, cortisone, DHEA, EPO, growth hormone, IGF-1, insulin, testosterone	[17]
Tamerlan Rasuev	Russia	Wrestling	Stanozolol	[18]
Eddy Ratti	Italy	Cycling	EPO	[19]
Mihai Ravariu	Romania	Rugby union	hCG	[20]
Kiefer Ravena	Philippines	Basketball	methylhexanamine, 1,3-Dimethylbutylamine, higenamine	[21]
Alexandr Razdrobenko	Belarus	Swimming	Clenbuterol	[22]
Igor Razoronov	Ukraine	Weightlifting	Nandrolone	[23]
Shawn Ray	United States	Bodybuilding	Anabolic steroid	[24]
Rita Razmaite	Lithuania	Cycling	Bromantan	[25]
William Rees-Hole	United Kingdom	Rugby union	Clenbuterol	[26]
Dermot Reeve	United Kingdom	Cricket	Cannabis	[27]
Abdur Rehman	Pakistan	Cricket	Cannabis	[28] [29]
Stephen Rehrmann	United States	Swimming	Pseudoephedrine	[30]
Andris Reinholds	Latvia	Rowing	Nandrolone	[31] [32]
Rica Reinisch	East Germany	Swimming	Turinabol (self-admitted)	[33]
Peter Ribe	Norway	Canoeing	Ephedrine	[34] (in Norwegian)
Ricardo Riccò	Italy	Cycling	CERA	[35]
Sha'Carri Richardson	United States	Sprinting	Cannabis	[36]
Maximiliano Richeze	Argentina	Cycling	steroid	[37]
Bjarne Riis	Denmark	Cycling	EPO, cortisone, growth hormone (self-admitted)	[38]
Ryan Rimouski	Canada	Association football	Performance enhancing drugs
Juan Rincón	Venezuela	Baseball	Steroids	[39]
Willie Rioli	Australia	Australian rules football	Submitting fake urine sample	[40]
Danny Rios	United States	Baseball	Stanozolol	[41]
Alessandro Rivellini	Italy	Swimming	EPO	[42]
Barret Robbins	United States	American football	THG	[43]
Grant Roberts	United States	Baseball	Steroids	[44]
Ana Rodrigues	Portugal	Water polo	Canrenone	[45]
Charles Roche	France	Water polo	Cannabis	[46]
Aikaterini Roditi	Greece	Weightlifting	Methyltrienolone, Buprenorphine	[2]
Miguel Rodrigues	Portugal	Swimming	Methylhexaneamine	[47]
Alex Rodriguez	United States	Baseball	Testosterone, primobolan	[48]
Ángel Rodríguez	Spain	Motorcycle racing		[49]
Estella Rodriguez Villanueva	Cuba	Judo	Furosemide	[50]
Luis Rojas	Venezuela	Swimming	Missed test	[46]
Andrea Rolle	Italy	Water polo	Cannabis	[51]
Luis Román Rolón	Puerto Rico	Boxing		[52]
Bill Romanowski	United States	American football	Steroids (self-admitted)	[43]
Romario	Brazil	Football (soccer)	Finasteride	[53]
Helen Rorive	Belgium	Volleyball	S5 diuretics/Acetazolamide	[54]
Jarno Rosberg	Finland	Boxing	Methandrostenolone	[55]
Loren Ross	United States	Boxing		[56]
Alexandru Rosu	Romania	Weightlifting	T/E 14	[2]
Wolfgang Rottmann	Austria	Biathlon	Violation of blood doping rules	[57]
Maralla Roudayna	Syria	Swimming	Ephedrine	[58]
Didier Rous	France	Cycling	Erythropoietin (EPO)	[59]
Hugo Roux	France	Water polo	Cannabis	[42]
Fatullaev Rovshan	Argentina	Weightlifting	Metandienone	[2]
Judson Rowbotham	Canada	Rugby	Cannabis	[60]
Michal Rubáček	Czech Republic	Swimming	Methylhexaneamine	[47]
Ammar Rubaiaawi	Iraq	Weightlifting	Metandienone	[2]
Lazaro Ruiz	Cuba	Weightlifting	Boldenone	[2]
Graeme Rummans	Australia	Cricket	Probenecid	[61]
Raimondas Rumšas	Lithuania	Cycling		[62] [63]
Andrey Russkikh	Russia	Cycling		[64]
Esmatullah Rustam Khil	Afghanistan	Weightlifting	Clostedol, Methylhexaneamine	[2]
Stefan Rütimann	Switzerland	Cycling	testosterone	[65]
Andrey Rybakov	Russia	Weightlifting		[66]
Aleksandr Rytchkov	Russia	Football	cannabis	[67]

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