Brazilian Olympic marathon runner, Daniel Nascimento has been missing since June After being removed from competition due to a suspension for doping, former Olympic marathon runner Daniel Nascimento began to live a different routine to the one he had as a professional athlete. He has been missing for more than a month and the family filed a police report this Monday (27). ? Join the g1 Bauru and Marília channel on WhatsApp Away from the tracks, the athlete, also known as Danielzinho, returned to live with his mother, Valdirene de Paula Ferreira, in Paraguaçu Paulista (SP), and began accompanying her to work in the rural area. To g1, Valdirene said that Daniel helped with cassava processing activities and remained close to the family until he disappeared, on June 19th. "He was with me, under my care. I went to work and he went to work with me, because he was always a good boy. Sometimes I took him, we... he ran, sometimes he went on a hidden train through the sugarcane field", said the mother. Eliud Kipchoge runs alongside Brazilian Daniel Nascimento Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile This Tuesday (28), Daniel turns 28 years old. The date makes the moment even more difficult for Valdirene, who reports the anguish she has experienced since her son's disappearance. "A mother's feeling... a thousand things go through my head. I think I've lost about ten kilos. When it rains, we think a lot of things. It's very difficult", she said. READ ALSO 2-year-old boy disappears on farm, searches during the night and is found 17 hours later; video Personal trainer dies at the age of 44 after feeling ill at home and suffering a heart attack in the interior of SP Daniel represented Brazil at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021, and was one of the main names in Brazilian athletics. In April 2022, he set the Brazilian and South American marathon record by completing the Seoul Marathon, in South Korea, in a time of 2:04:51. However, the sporting trajectory was interrupted after an anti-doping test carried out in 2024 revealed the presence of three banned substances. In May 2025, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) confirmed the athlete's suspension for five years, valid until July 2029. Family searches for former Olympic marathon runner who disappeared for more than a month Wagner Carmo/CBAt According to his mother, after leaving competitions, Daniel began to face difficulties related to mental health and was reluctant to accept treatment. "I think he really missed his routine as an athlete. He didn't accept taking medication, he didn't accept being hospitalized. He said: 'I'm not crazy'", said Valdirene. He left the house with just a backpack Daniel left the house where he lived with his mother, in Paraguaçu Paulista, on June 19th, around 7pm, carrying only a black backpack. Since then, the family has been searching for information about his whereabouts. According to his mother, before disappearing, Daniel even mentioned that he intended to travel. "He told me he was going to Rio de Janeiro. Then, to other people, he was saying he was going to São Paulo. He always said that", he said. Marathon runner Daniel Nascimento has been missing since June 19, says family Instagram/Reproduction One person even reported that they had seen Daniel walking along the side of a highway between Paraguaçu Paulista and Assis (SP), but the information has not yet been confirmed. The images from the cameras of the concessionaire responsible for the stretch had not yet been made available until the last update of this report. The family asks that any information about Daniel's whereabouts be communicated to the Civil Police, on 197, or to the Military Police, on 190. Daniel do Nascimento was suspended and left out of Paris 2024 Marcel Merguizo See more news from the region on g1 Bauru and Marília VIDEOS: watch reports from the region