on the European circuit, he took his first Golden League win in the 1500 m at the Golden Gala in Rome. Later that year, he represented his adopted country at the 2008 Summer Olympics for the first time and he reached the semi-finals of the 1500 m at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Double world champion At the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, Ramzi repeated the 1964 accomplishment of Peter Snell to win gold medals in the 800 m and 1500 m at the same competition in a global competition (World Championship or Summer Olympics). He followed this with a bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games and upgraded his next medal to the silver medal in the 1500 m at the 2007 World Championships. Ramzi won the gold at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics the next year but he was later stripped of the Olympic title. Doping scandal In April 2009, the Bahrain Olympic Committee reported that Ramzi tested positive for doping at the Beijing Games. Ramzi tested positive for CERA, an advanced version of the blood-boosting drug EPO. Ramzi’s backup “B” sample was tested on June 18, 2009 and in July 2009 it was announced Ramzi's "B" sample had tested positive as well. In November 2009, Ramzi was stripped of his gold medal. He spends much of his time in Morocco to train at high altitude (the highest point in Bahrain is only 440 ft. above sea level). Personal bests Achievements See also List of doping cases in athletics References External links 1980 births Living people People from Safi, Morocco Bahraini male middle-distance runners Moroccan male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Bahrain Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships medalists Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Doping cases in athletics Bahraini sportspeople in doping cases Naturalized citizens of Bahrain Moroccan emigrants to Bahrain Bahraini people of Moroccan descent Asian Games gold medalists for Bahrain Asian Games silver medalists for Bahrain Asian Games bronze medalists for Bahrain Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games World Athletics Championships winners