Grigory Rodchenkov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Grigory Rodchenkov

former Russian doping executive

Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1958

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Profession: physician

Nationality: United States, Russia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Grigory Mikhailovich Rodchenkov (Russian: ???????? ?????????? ?????????; born 24 October 1958) is the former head of Russia's national anti-doping laboratory, the Anti-Doping Center, which was suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in November 2015 for facilitating Russia's elaborate state-sponsored doping program.
Rodchenkov helped develop and distribute banned performance-enhancing substances for thousands of Russian Olympians from 2005 to 2015.
He made headlines in 2016 as a whistleblower, helping expose the complex and extensive nature of Russia's doping program.
His revelations were confirmed by the independent McLaren Report, leading to Russia's partial ban from the 2016 Summer Olympics and total ban from the 2018 Winter Olympics. Rodchenkov is currently in witness protection in the United States.
Two major Russian anti-doping executives, including Rodchenkov's friend Nikita Kamaev, unexpectedly died in the months after the doping scandal started.Rodchenkov and his connections to Russian doping were the subject of the 2017 Netflix documentary Icarus, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 90th Oscars ceremony.