María José Ribera
Bolivian swimmer
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María José Ribera (born 28 October 1996) is a Bolivian swimmer. She competed in the women's 50 metre backstroke event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.[1][2]
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| Born | 28 October 1996 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
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| Sport | Swimming |
At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Ribera participated in the Women's 50 metre freestyle event on 3 August where she was initially recorded in 28th position. However she subsequently tested positive for furosemide and was retrospectively disqualified on 29 August.[3] She was then issued with a provisional suspension by World Aquatics that commenced in October 2024.[4]
In November 2025, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) issued Ribera with a 16-month ban backdated to October 2024 for the positive doping test which was deemed as unintentional.[5][6] The CAS report revealed that her physician, Dr Matheus Das Neves Borgo, had erroneously requested for furosemide to added to a made-to-order supplement that Ribera subsequently used without sufficiently checking the ingredients. Dr Borgo received a six-year ban.[7]
