Alex Schwazer, OMRI (born 26 December 1984), is an Italian race walker. He was the 2008 Olympic 50k walk champion. Just before the 2012 Summer Olympics he was disqualified for two years for doping with EPO. Schwazer has always claimed his innocence in this case and has appealed the disqualification. An Italian criminal court has acquitted him in 2021 per non aver commesso il reato ("for not committing the offence")