David Meca

David Meca Medina ( born 1 February 1974 in Sabadell ) is a Spanish long distance swimmer and extreme sports.

His career (excerpt)

  • August 9, 1999: The FINA locked David Meca because nandrolone abuse. David Meca protested his innocence. In independent tests, no nandrolone was detected and he suspects that nandrolone has been formed naturally by too much stress in his body. Following a complaint before the International Court of Sport the lock was reduced to one year.
  • September 20, 1999: David Meca swam from Alcatraz to San Francisco. In protest against doping accusations he swam the distance of 2.5 km in leg irons and needed for 36 minutes.
  • February 21, 2001: The third and longest race in the FINA Marathon World Cup Paraná Hernandarias after he put a distance of 88 km and won for the third time, in a time of 9:09:12,0 hours.
  • July 2003: At the World Swimming Championships 2003, he won the bronze medal at 10 km with a time of 1:51:08,4 hours.
  • July 23, 2005: At the World Swimming Championships 2005, he won the gold medal over 25 km through the time of 5:00:21,4 hours.
  • 4/5 January 2006: David Meca swam the first man from the Spanish mainland of Jávea in Alicante to the Balearic Islands to Sant Antoni de Portmany on Ibiza. For the distance to the rocky island Ses Bledes he needed 22.5 hours, for the total distance of 110 km to Sant Antoni de Portmany he needed a total of 25.5 hours.
  • January 5, 2008: David Meca swims across the Straits of Gibraltar three times without a break in 12:25 hours.

Meca- Medina ruling

In 2006, David Meca by the European Court of Justice ( ECJ) examine whether the measures adopted by the IOC and implemented by FINA anti-doping rules and certain doping control practices with the EU rules on competition and freedom to provide services are compatible. Although Meca lost the case, the judgment of the ECJ, however, went as Meca- Medina ruling in the history of law.

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