Gene therapy is a technique that allows the treatment of diseases by replacing or inactivating genes that cause diseases or introducing new genes to fight them. With its development you can not only treat diseases but also enhance human performance, opening the possibility for athletes to use gene therapy to improve their performance. Genetic doping is defined as the non-therapeutic use of genes, genetic elements or cells that have the ability to increase athletic performance. With current technology, it is not possible to detect this type of doping and since it causes a permanent alteration, which could define the winner in competition and affect the health of athletes in the long term, it is one of the methods prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency. In addition, the following questions arise with its use: To whom does the triumph of an athlete who used genetic doping really belong? To the athlete or the interdisciplinary workgroup that made the application of gene therapy possible in him?
