José Alessandro Bernardo Bagio (born 16 April 1981) is a Brazilian race walker. He won the gold medal for the 20,000 metres walk at the 2008 Ibero-American Championships in Iquique, Chile, with a time of 1:23:12.6.
Bagio made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed fourteenth in the men's 20 km race walk, with a time of 1:23:33. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Bagio repeated his position from Athens in the same event, with a well-improved, seasonal best time of 1:21:43, finishing behind Spain's Benjamin Sánchez by five seconds.
On 31 March 2011, Bagio was tested positive for the steroid called 19-Norandrosterone, during a national race walking competition in Brazil, a year before. He served a two-year suspension by IAAF, making him ineligible to compete for the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, and most importantly, for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Personal bests Track walk 10,000 m: 39:32.0 min (ht) – Blumenau, Brazil, 31 August 2008 20,000 m: 1:21:37.9 hrs (ht) – Itajaí, Brazil, 15 May 2004
Road walk 20 km: 1:21:43 hrs – Beijing, China, 16 August 2008
Achievements Representing the 1998South American Junior Championships in AthleticsCórdoba, Argentina4th10,000m track walk46:09.292000South American Junior ChampionshipsSão Leopoldo, Brazil2nd10,000m track walk43:42.47World Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile7th10,000m track walk43:18.952001South American Race Walking Championships/ Pan American Race Walking CupCuenca, Ecuador —20 kmDQ2002South American Race Walking ChampionshipsPuerto Saavedra, Chile —20 kmDQIbero-American ChampionshipsGuatemala City, Guatemala6th20 km1:28:182004World Race Walking CupNaumburg, Germany —20 kmDNFIbero-American ChampionshipsHuelva, Spain2nd20,000m track walk1:25:13.1Olympic GamesAthens, Greece14th20 km1:23:332005Pan American Race Walking CupLima, Peru16th20 km1:29:373rdTeam (20 km)32 ptsSouth American ChampionshipsCali, Colombia —20,000m track walkDNF2007Pan American Race Walking CupBalneário Camboriú, Brazil —20 kmDNFPan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil8th20 km1:34:15South American ChampionshipsSão Paulo, Brazil —20,000m track walkDNF2008South American Race Walking ChampionshipsCuenca, Ecuador —20 kmDNFWorld Race Walking CupCheboksary, Russia —20 kmDNFIbero-American ChampionshipsIquique, Chile1st20,000m track walk1:23:12.60Olympic GamesBeijing, China14th20 km1:21:432009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany —20 kmDNF2014South American Race Walking ChampionshipsCochabamba, Bolivia8th20 km1:34:47World Race Walking CupTaicang, China —20 kmDNF2015Pan American Race Walking CupArica, Chile —20 kmDNF
References
External links
UOL Esporte 2008 Olympics profile