Michele Ferrari

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michele Ferrari
Occupation	Physician
Date Of Birth	Mar 26, 1953(1953-03-26)
Age	71
Birthplace	Ferrara
Country	Italy
Birth City	Emilia-Romagna
Horoscope	Pisces

Michele Ferrari Biography

Michele Ferrari is one of the most popular and richest Physician who was born on March 26, 1953 in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Michele Ferrari, born 26 March 1953, is an Italian physician and cycling coach.

He settled down eventually on his lifelong passion for the development of training programs for professional cyclists. Ferrari was a pioneer in coaching Francesco Moser to break Eddy Merckx’s 1984 hour record by more than a mile.

Perhaps the most famous athlete to have been coached or advised by Ferrari is Lance Armstrong. Ferrari claims they were introduced to each other by Eddy Merckx in 1995. Earlier that year, Armstrong had begun doping. Ferrari was involved with the US Postal Service Cycling Team until October 2004, helping Armstrong train during several of his seven consecutive Tour de France victories. Tyler Hamilton, Armstrong’s teammate who later confessed to doping, worked with Ferrari for one year, according to his own account in a television interview.

In October 2004, Ferrari was sentenced to one-year prison (suspended) and a fine of 900 euros, for sporting fraud and abusive exercise of the profession of pharmacist. Ferrari’s conviction in Italian court was based partly on testimony from Italian bicycle racer Filippo Simeoni. Admitting he had been doped since 1993, Simeoni told how he became affiliated with Ferrari in 1996. Simeoni testified that, in addition to a prescription of EPO hormone, “we spoke about Andriol (testosterone), which I was to use after hard training sessions, with the aim of increasing my muscular power. Dr. Ferrari recommended I use Emagel the morning before controls, and another product to decrease my hematocrit.” Ferrari argued, in his defense: “Andriol is easily detectable for several days in a normal urine test, so, it is impossible that I suggested he take one Andriol 20 hours before another race.”

Ferrari made remarkable improvements in the fitness and performance of many cyclists from 1984. Ferrari popularized VAM as a measurement of speed and fitness.

Michele Ferrari Net Worth

Michele Ferrari is one of the richest Physician from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michele Ferrari 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

From 1977 to 1980, Ferrari served as a consultant for the Italian Track and Field Federation. In 1981, he became a specialist of sports medicine at Sapienza University in Rome. More than 20 papers were co-authored in journals of sports biology. He was an expert in the study of parameters of athletes in many sports such as track and cross, swimming, skiing, speed-skating, and swimming. He was then the National Italian Biathlon team’s sports physician until 1983.

He received his medical and surgical degree from the University of Ferrara in 1978. His doctoral thesis was about the measurement of anaerobic threshold for running.

In 1994, Ferrari was the team doctor for Gewiss. The team had an excellent season, winning many races. In the Flèche Wallonne, the team realized a historic triple victory. Concerned by the domination of the Italian team, some observers pointed a finger of suspicion at the team doctor. Far from calming this controversy, Ferrari compared erythropoietin to orange juice. “EPO is not dangerous, it’s the abuse that is. It’s also dangerous to drink 10 liters of orange juice”. This statement cost him his job as team physician. But his reputation was made, and his name thereafter was associated with use of EPO in particular. In 1995, Ferrari started his own private medical practice.

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Facts & Trivia

Michele Ranked on the list of most popular Physician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Michele Ferrari celebrates birthday on March 26 of every year.

What happened to Michael Ferrari?

2012 USADA indictment and lifetime ban. On 13 June 2012, Ferrari was officially charged by USADA with administration and trafficking of prohibited substances. As Ferrari did not formally contest this indictment, he was issued a lifetime ban from professional sport in July 2012.

What happened to Lance Armstrongs doctor?

Dr. Michele Ferrari, the infamous coach and sports doctor, who was banned for life by USADA for doping Lance Armstrong and other athletes from the US Postal Service team, has been found guilty of doping Italian biathlete Daniel Taschler by a court in Bolzano.

Is Michael Schumacher now?

“I mean, everybody misses Michael, but Michael is still here. Different, but he’s here, and that gives us strength, I find.” Michael’s good friend and President of the FIA, Jean Todt, said in 2020 that the sporting star is still alive because of the work of dedicated doctors and Corinna’s iron will for him to survive.

Is Schumacher still in hospital?

Michael Schumacher’s management team announced the retired Formula One driver is no longer in a medically induced coma and that he has left a hospital in Grenoble, France, to continue his rehabilitation at the University hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland , per CNN’s Ed Payne.

Who is Lance Armstrong wife?

Kristin Richard