FINA Family

FINA learnt with great sadness about the loss of Dr. Brian Sando, member of the Doping Control Review Board, and one of the most respected and experienced sports medicine doctors in Australia. He was also a well-known expert in the area of anti-doping programmes. Dr. Sando passed away on August 4, 2012 in Adelaide (AUS) at the age of 76.

Dr. Andrew Pipe, chairman of the FINA Doping Control Review Board, left his tribute to the work and career of Dr. Sando: “His contributions to sport in Australia and internationally were immense and it is hard to imagine a FINA World Championships or an Olympic Games without his presence. Each of us will have our own special memories of Brian but his dry sense of humour, his kindness and compassion, his love of sport, and his integrity and intrinsic sense of fair-play were evident to all and immensely valued by each of us.”

To his family, friends, and sport community in Australia FINA addresses its sincere condolences.