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On May 9, 2020, former US teammate and Olympic gold medalist Steve Mesler announced that Jovanovic died by suicide.

The suspension of Jovanovich for the use of nutritional supplements — which he swore he did not know to be steroid adulterated — became a cause célèbre. Essentially, he became the poster child for the cause.

He sued the supplement companies. In doing so, he joined a long list – at least five – of athletes who sued supplement manufacturers. "When athletes flunk strict drug tests, it can cost them plenty -- missed competitions, lost salary, endorsement deals." Some harmed athletes have sued for damages, alleging damage to their reputation and lost opportunities. Contaminated and tainted supplements "can lead to arrest and criminal prosecution; in others, the bad press alone can have a devastating effect upon consumer confidence and a company’s bottom line-sometimes even before the alleged contamination is confirmed." If the contamination involves a substance banned in competitive sports, a lawsuit may be filed..." The suits allege that the tainted powders, pills and liquids "caused them to fail tests designed to spot cheaters." He filed a lawsuit against Century Foods International in Wisconsin over his 2001 failed drug test in October 2005. The manufacturer and other defendants denied liability, and said there was no impurity in their product.

He was seen as a likely medalist at the 2006 Olympics. His extensive experience and training helped earn him two golds and a silver medal at the 2005 bobsled World Cup. And in the two-man with Todd Hays, Jovanovic he won a silver and a bronze medal in 2006. Notwithstanding, the 2006 4-man medal gold was not to be. U.S. sled driver Todd Hays expressed regret that he could not bring home a medal for his team — Pavle Jovanovic, Steve Mesler and Brock Kreitzburg. He blamed himself for bad driving. Todd Hays said he had both the right equipment and "I have the push. I just didn't drive well again tonight. For some reason, I can't find a rhythm on this track," despite finding the 'rhythm' of all the other tracks in the world.

This lawsuit was dismissed by agreement on April 12, 2006 in Salt Lake City.

Jovanovic won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 2004 FIBT World Championships in Königssee.

"U.S. Olympic team officials like[d] to say Pavle Jovanovic is one of the most feared brakemen" on the Bobsleigh World Cup circuit. His two first place finishes in late 2004 and strong performances through 2005, gave good reason to proclaim him as one of the best, likely to be a 2006 Turin Winter Games participant and potential winner.

Jovanovic returned to bobsleigh in 2003 and was drug-free as of 2007.

But for testing positive, Jovanovic likely would been the pusher for driver Todd Hays' sleigh2 which won the silver medal in four-man in the 2002 Olympics. Instead, he watched the event on television. The American bobsled team had its sights on ending the 46 year "American medal drought." Jovanovich was integral to the effort. However his nine month suspension for testing positive for a banned steroid thwarted his aspirations. "Those two incidents are likely to put the spotlight on the bobsled and skeleton competition later this month at the Utah Olympic Park.

Jovanovic was put on two-year suspension as a result. Janovic maintained it was an accidental ingestion. As a result, in 2002 he watched on a computer screen from thousands of miles away as his teammates broke the 46 year medal drought. Jovanovic said the experience left some bitterness, including "... I had some disdain for the sport. After I watched the (U.S.) team race in the Olympics, [but] I had to determine if I was going to make it back."

Jovanovic was set to become a member of the United States bobsleigh in time for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. However, he failed a drug test on December 29, 2001 for ingesting Nitro Tech, a nutritional supplement he purchased at a General Nutrition Centers store in Salt Lake City eight days earlier that actually contained norandrostenedione, a derivative of androstenedione, a substance banned by the International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency. Supported by his teammates, Jovanovic admitted he took the supplement, but said it had been recommended by a nutritionist, and that he unintentionally ingested the steroid, which was unlisted in the supplement's ingredients. In December, 2001, Javanovic had even recommended the products to Curt Clausen, a two-time U.S. Olympic racewalker, who was contending with chronic muscle fatigue from his 100-mile-a-week workouts. Jovanovic recommended a number of carbohyrdate and proteinsupplements, which were claimed to be free of banned substances. However, Clausen discovered (through on line research) that they were marketed mainly to bodybuilders, so he passed on them. The next month Jovanovic tested positive for metabolites of the banned steroid nandrolone, namely 19-norandrosterone and 19-noretiocholanolone.

Pavle Jovanovic (January 11, 1977 – May 3, 2020) was an American bobsledder of Serbian origin who had competed since 1997. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he finished seventh both in the two-man event and in the four-man event. Although on the U.S. Bobsled team in 2002, he was disqualified from competing due to the presence of prohibited substances from food supplements, which he claimed were taken without his knowledge or intent.