Weightlifter Caroline Pileggi (b. 1977) represented Australia at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, and went on to win three medals - a gold and two silvers - at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the Women's Over-75kg class. Her career took a body blow in 2004, when the Australian Sports Drug Agency found her guilty of refusing to submit to a drugs test. Pileggi appealed against her omission, claiming the drug testers didn't follow protocols as they did not inform her she was required to take a test. She was however handed a two-year ban from the sport - a punishment that saw her removed from the Athens Olympics. Pileggi is currently considering whether she will resume training and return to her sport later this year.
Caroline Pileggi, 2005
by Toni Wilkinson
inkjet print (image: 131.0 cm x 120.0 cm, frame: 141.0 cm x 120.0 cm)
Collection: National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
Gift of the artist 2006
Accession number: 2006.86.c
Gift of the artist 2006
Accession number: 2006.86.c
