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'''Chrysopigi "Pigi" Devetzi''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] Χρυσοπηγή Δεβετζή), is a [[Greeks|Greek]] [[Athletics|athlete]] competing in the [[triple jump]] and also [[long jump]]. | '''Chrysopigi "Pigi" Devetzi''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] Χρυσοπηγή Δεβετζή), is a [[Greeks|Greek]] [[Athletics|athlete]] competing in the [[triple jump]] and also [[long jump]]. | ||
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On [[August 9]], [[2006]], she won another silver medal at the [[2006]] European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. | On [[August 9]], [[2006]], she won another silver medal at the [[2006]] European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. | ||
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+ | On [[March 19]], [[2011]], Devetzi was given a two-year ban from athletics by the ΙΑΑF, due to her failure, on [[May 23]], [[2009]], to submit to a drug test. The decision was controversial due to inconsistencies and irregularities in the report of the doping control officer. | ||
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Silver | 2004 | triple jump |
Bronze | 2008 | triple jump |
Chrysopigi "Pigi" Devetzi (Greek Χρυσοπηγή Δεβετζή), is a Greek athlete competing in the triple jump and also long jump.
Devetzi was born on January 2, 1976, in Alexandroupolis, Thrace. She competes on the club level for Olympiakos Piraeus.
She won the triple jump silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with a jump of 15.25m, after setting the Greek record in the preliminaries with 15.32m.
On August 9, 2006, she won another silver medal at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.
On June 15, 2008, she achieved the best triple jump of the year, world-wide: 14.92m. She bested that performance in the Olympics of Beijing and won the bronze medal.
On March 19, 2011, Devetzi was given a two-year ban from athletics by the ΙΑΑF, due to her failure, on May 23, 2009, to submit to a drug test. The decision was controversial due to inconsistencies and irregularities in the report of the doping control officer.
Achievements
Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Extra |
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2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 7th | Triple jump |
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 8th | Triple jump |
2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | Triple jump |
Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 2nd | Triple jump | |
World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 4th | Triple jump | |
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 5th | Triple jump |
World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 1st | Triple jump | |
2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 2nd | Triple jump |
10th | Long jump | |||
World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 2nd | Triple jump | |
World Cup | Athens, Greece | 2nd | Triple jump | |
3rd | Long jump | |||
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 3rd | Triple jump |
Personal bests
- Triple jump - 15.32 m (2004) - Greek record. [1]
- Long jump - 6.83 m (2006) - third among Greek long jumpers, only behind Niki Xanthou and Paraskevi Tsiamita. [1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Greek all-time list, women - Athletix Cite error: Invalid
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