Fullname: | Fabián Hernando Puerta Zapata |
Nickname: | "Chispas" |
Birth Date: | 1991 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Caldas, Antioquia, Colombia |
Height: | 1.82 m |
Weight: | 90 kg |
Discipline: | Track cycling |
Role: | Rider |
Ridertype: | Sprinter |
Show-Medals: | no |
Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata (born 12 July 1991) is a Colombian track cyclist.[1] He competed in keirin at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and in keirin at the 2011 Pan American Games where he won a gold medal. He is married to fellow track cyclist Juliana Gaviria, and is brother in law to former track World Champion and Giro D'Italia points classification winner Fernando Gaviria.[2]
On 14 August 2018 the Union Cycliste Internationale announced that it had notified Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata of an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) of boldenone in a sample collected in the scope of an out-of-competition control on 11 June 2018.In accordance with UCI Anti-Doping Rules, Puerta was provisionally suspended until the adjudication of the affair.[3] On 29 August 2019 the UCI announced a four-year Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) of Fabian Hernando Puerta Zapata. The ADRV Date was 11 June 2018, and the period of ineligibility is until 12 August 2022.[4]