List of doping cases in sport (V)

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Name	Country	Event	Banned substance(s)	Reference(s)
Daniel Vaisocher	Czech Republic	Swimming	Ephedrine	[1]
Jordany Valdespin	Dominican Republic	Baseball	Performance-enhancing drugs	[2]
Jorge Valdez	Paraguay	Football (soccer)	Coca	[3]
Tadej Valjavec	Slovenia	Cycling		[4]
José Valverde	Dominican Republic	Baseball	Stanozolol	[5]
Frank Vandenbroucke	Belgium	Cycling	Performance-enhancing drugs (self-admitted)	[6]
Zlatan Vanev	Bulgaria	Weightlifting	Tampering with test	[7]
Linda van Herk	Netherlands	Swimming	Refusal to submit to doping test	[8]
Vasileios Vanvounakis	Greece	Water polo	Ephedrine	[8]
Norik Vardanian	United States	Weightlifting	Cannabis	[9]
Mikha Vardanyan	Armenia	Weightlifting	Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone	[9]
Vladimir Varfolomeev	Russia	Rowing		[10]
Fernando Vargas	United States	Boxing	Anabolic steroids	[11]
Kaisa Varis	Finland	Cross-country skiing	Erythropoietin (EPO)	[12]
Yineth Varon	Colombia	Football (soccer)		[13]
Iliya Vasilev	Bulgaria	Swimming	Clenbuterol	[14]
Dmitry Vassiliev	Russia	Ski jumping	Furosemide	[15]
Carlos Vásquez	Venezuela	Baseball	Performance-enhancing substance	[16]
Viktor Vatai	Hungary	Weightlifting	S8. Cannabinoids	[9]
Geralee Vega Morales	Nigeria	Weightlifting	Methylhexanamine	[9]
Juan Jose Veloz	Mexico	Swimming	Nandrolone	[17]
Kicker Vencill	United States	Swimming	19-Norandrosterone	[18]
Sven Verdonck	Belgium	Football (soccer)	Stanozolol	[19]
Sebastien Verdoucq	Canada	Water polo	Cannabis	[20]
Jerrel Venetiaan	Netherlands	Kickboxing	Elevated testosterone	[21]
Stijn Vermeulen	Belgium	Swimming	Cannabis	[22]
Michael Viau	Canada	Weightlifting	Anabolic steroids	[23]
Chinthana Vidanage	Sri Lanka	Weightlifting	Methylhexanamine	[24] [25] [26] [27] [28]
Pieter de Villiers	France	Rugby union	Cocaine, Ecstasy	[29]
Alexander Vinokourov	Kazakhstan	Cycling	Blood doping	[30]
Richard Virenque	France	Cycling		[31]
Cobus Visagie	South Africa	Rugby		[32]
Ľubomír Višňovský	Slovakia	Ice hockey	Pseudoephedrine (only given public warning)	[33]
Arodys Vizcaíno	Dominican Republic	Baseball	Stanozolol	[34]
Yakuta Vladzimir	Belarus	Weightlifting	Metandienone	[9]
Nedarezava Volha	Belarus	Weightlifting		[9]
Edinson Vólquez	Dominican Republic	Baseball	Performance-enhancing drug	[35]
Nadzeya Vysotskaya	Belarus	Gymnastics	Furosemide	[36]

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5. "Jose Valverde suspended 80 games for positive drug test". ESPN. Associated Press. August 14, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
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12. Janne Immonen ^{[ dead link ]}
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27. "Weightlifting: Chinthana Vidanage slapped with a four-year ban". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) . 11 August 2011. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012.
28. "Four year ban on Chinthana". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) . 10 August 2011. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012.
29. "De Villiers refuses further testing". RTÉ News. 2003-02-24. Archived from the original on June 23, 2007.
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31. "www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis". Archived from the original on 2012-05-26.
32. Visagie's doping verdict delayed another week.
33. "Ľubomír Višňovský". The Washington Post.^{[ dead link ]}
34. "Arodys Vizcaino suspended 80 games". ESPN. Associated Press. April 2, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
35. "Volquez suspended 50 games". ESPN. April 20, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
36. "Belarusian gymnast Vyzotskaya faces penalties after positive drug test - Sports - International Herald Tribune". Archived from the original on 2012-06-30.