| Gil Roberts | |
| Birth Date: | 15 March 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Height: | 1.85m |
| Weight: | 79.5kg |
| Collegeteam: | Texas Tech Red Raiders |
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Gil Roberts (born March 15, 1989) is an American athlete who specializes in the 200 m and 400 m. He is an Olympic gold medallist and World Championship silver medallist in the men's 4×400 metres relay.
He competed for Texas Tech under coach Wes Kittley at the NCAA level. He was a member of the USA team that won the gold medal in the Men's 4×400 metres relay at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships.[1] Roberts won the 2014 US Outdoor championship in 44.53 on June 28 in Sacramento, California.[2]
While competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Roberts won an Olympic gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay.[3] Another Texas Tech athlete, Michael Mathieu won bronze in the same event competing for the Bahamas.
Roberts has been issued with three anti-doping rules violations (ADRV) during his career. In 2017 he tested positive for probenecid, but a tribunal hearing found that he "ingested [the] prohibited substance without fault or negligence" after the source was deemed to have occurred after kissing his girlfriend and therefore received no sanctions from the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).[4] The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) challenged the decision, but a tribunal dismissed their appeal.[5]
In 2022, Roberts received a 16 month competition ban after testing positive for unintentional use of andarine and ostarine.[6] [7]
In June 2024, Roberts received an eight-year competition ban after testing positive for ostarine and other prohibited substances.[8] [9] [10]