Richard McLaren (academic)

Richard McLaren OC is a law professor at Western University in Ontario, Canada, specializing in sports law.[1] In 2015, he was one of the three members of the WADA Commission, an independent panel commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency to investigate accusations of doping in sport.[2][3] He was awarded the Order of Canada with the grade of officer in 2015.[4]

Early life and education

McLaren received a Master of Laws degree from the University of London. He was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1974.[5]

Career

In 1979 McLaren, then a professor at the University of Western Ontario Law School, directed a project which studied privacy and security issues involved in the new (at the time) electronic transfer of funds.[6]

McLaren is a member of the international Court of Arbitration for Sport.[7] In 2000 he investigated coverup of steroid use by American track athletes at the Olympics in Sydney,[8] and published a report.[9]

In 2007 McLaren participated in an investigation into drug use in Major League Baseball.[8][10]

In 2014, McLaren founded McLaren Global Sport Solutions, which consults with sport organizations about ethical issues.[8]

In July, 2016, McLaren presented the report of the WADA Commission in Toronto, Ontario, indicating systematic state-sponsored subversion of the drug testing processes by the government of Russia during and subsequent to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.[11] The International Olympic Committee rejected his report and now the Canadian lawyer who accused Russia of operating a state-run doping programme is facing “a deluge of requests” for information on individual athletes implicated in his investigation.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Q&A: Meet the Canadian behind the Russian doping report". MacLean's Magazine. Zane Schwartz, July 18, 2016
  2. ↑ "Corruption report a 'game changer'". BBC. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  3. ↑ "Russia operated state-sanctioned doping system at Sochi Olympics, report concludes". Toronto Star, July 19, 2016. Kerry Gillespie.
  4. ↑ "Order of Canada Appointments". The Governor General of Canada His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston. Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "A look at Canadian lawyer and doping investigator Richard McLaren". Metro News, Jul 18 2016
  6. ↑ IDG Enterprise (14 May 1979). Computerworld. IDG Enterprise. pp. 20–. ISSN 0010-4841.
  7. ↑ "Russian doping report: Who is Richard McLaren?". By Leslie Young Global News, July 18, 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 "Richard McLaren: The lawyer behind pivotal report on Russian doping".. Toronto Star, Morgan Campbell, July 15, 2016
  9. ↑ Robert C.R. Siekmann; Janwillem Soek (19 January 2012). Lex Sportiva: What is Sports Law?. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 63–. ISBN 978-90-6704-828-6.
  10. ↑ " Q&A: WADA panel member Richard McLaren on Russian doping allegations". CBC Sports, Doug Harrison, Nov 11, 2015
  11. ↑ "WADA: Russian sports ministry oversaw doping cover-ups during Sochi Olympics". Business Day Live, July 18, 2016
  12. ↑ "Richard McLaren receives ‘deluge’ of requests after Wada doping report, July 30 2016
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