Travis Thompson Tygart was born on 1971 and is an American lawyer and CEO of the United States Anti-Doping Agency.
14 Facts About Travis Tygart
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Travis Tygart is best known for his role in exposing Lance Armstrong's massive doping operation.
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Travis Tygart graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor's degree in philosophy, and in 2010 received the University's Distinguished Young Alumni Award.
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Travis Tygart is on the board of advisors of the Taylor Hooton Foundation.
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Travis Tygart became Chief Executive Officer of USADA in September 2007.
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Travis Tygart originally joined the agency in October 2002 as director of legal affairs, later becoming senior managing director and general counsel.
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Travis Tygart has prosecuted cases before the American Arbitration Association and the Court of Arbitration for Sport on behalf of USADA.
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Travis Tygart had harbored suspicions about Armstrong for most of his tenure at USADA.
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Travis Tygart stated in an interview with French newspaper L'Equipe that he had received three death threats since the beginning of the Armstrong investigation and that security had been tightened around him by the FBI.
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In July 2018, Travis Tygart testified before the US Helsinki Commission in Washington, DC on the subject of doping in sports.
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Travis Tygart was on a panel alongside Jim Walden, the attorney for Russian Whistle-blower Dr Grigory Rodchenkov, Yuliya Stepanova, a former Russian track star turned whistleblower, and Katie Uhlaender, a four-time member of the US Skeleton team.
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Travis Tygart submitted eight pages of testimony and told the Commission he would continue attempting to persuade Congress to address international doping.
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On March 9,2022, Travis Tygart reported that Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who was reported for doping violation at the 2022 Olympics, had not requested that her "B" sample be tested, apparently accepting the results of initial testing and relying on her explanation that the banned substance TMZ belonged to her grandfather and only accidentally contaminated or became mixed into her own use of allowed nutrients and supplements.
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Travis Tygart further stated that as a minor Valieva could still be either fully exculpated or given a warning concerning her testing positive depending on the extent of findings in the on-going RUSADA investigation of doping.