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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 [[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.
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In March [[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==
 
==Achievements==

Revision as of 14:29, March 21, 2011

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Women's Athletics
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.

In March 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
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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Greek all-time list, women - Athletix Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "athletix" defined multiple times with different content

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