People entered in this category, or one of its subcategories, have:
- Been suspended by a sporting body (the IAAF, the IOC, another international governing body, a national federation, or a professional league) for illegal performance-enhancing and/or banned drug use; and/or
- Publicly admitted such use; and/or
- Been suspended by a sporting body for failure to submit to mandatory drug testing; and/or
- Have been convicted for doping in a court of law; and/or
- Have enabled doping use by athletes.