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'''Konstantinos "Kostas" Kenteris''', also spelled as '''Kenderis''' (in [[Greek language|Greek]]: Κωνσταντίνος Κεντέρης; born [[July 11]], [[1973]]) is a [[Greeks|Greek]] [[athletics|athlete]]. He won the gold medal in the [[200 metres]] at the [[2000]] Summer Olympics but withdrew from the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] held in his home country after a doping violation.

==Career==
Born in [[Mytilene]], [[Lesbos]], Kenteris, a student of physical education, started practising [[athletics]] at age 10, and started running seriously about ten years later, when he moved to [[Thessaloniki]]. Kenteris specialised in the [[200 m]] and [[400 m]] races.

It was not until [[1999]] that Kenteris took part in his first major international tournaments; while he was eliminated in the [[400m]] heats of the indoor world championships he returned that summer as a [[200m]] runner at the outdoor World Championships. Kenteris won his heat # 5, defeating then [[100m]] world record holder Maurice Greene, but did not start the quarter-finals due to injury. As a result, few people had heard of Kenteris when he surprised by qualifying for the [[200m]] final at the [[2000]] Summer Olympics in Sydney. Although defending Olympic champion Michael Johnson and reigning World Champion Greene didn't compete, nobody had included Kenteris in his list of medal favourites, despite his being the fastest European at [[200m]] that summer with a 20.25 seconds from June. But Kenteris raced to the gold medal, denying Britain's Darren Campbell and Ato Boldon of Trinidad and Tobago. In doing so, Kenteris became the first white male to win a 200 meter sprinting medal at the Olympics since Pietro Mennea achieved the feat by winning gold at the [[1980]] Summer Olympics in Moscow.

He also won the 200 m title at the [[2001]] World Championships, after a season where he mostly stayed out of international competition. The following year, Kenteris completed his treble by also winning the European title in Munich in 19.85, his personal best.

For the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], Kenteris was one of the hopes of the home crowd for winning a gold medal in athletics, and favourite to light the Olympic flame. However, on the day prior to the Games, Kenteris and his training partner [[Ekaterini Thanou]] failed to attend a drug test. While they claimed to have been injured in a motorcycle accident - in a frantic attempt to return to the Olympic village for the test upon hearing the news in the media - an official Greek investigation would later find that the alleged accident had been staged. In the ensuing doping scandal, Kenteris and Thanou announced their withdrawal from the Games on [[August 18]] after a hearing before the Disciplinary Commission of the IOC, for what they described to be "in the interests of the country."

The missed test in [[Athens]] was the duo's third violation of the summer and they were consequently suspended by the IAAF on [[22 December]] [[2004]]. In June [[2005]], however, the athletes were cleared of all charges by the Greek athletics federation. Their coach [[Christos Tzekos]] was blamed for the missed tests and suspended for four years, but was cleared on separate allegations of distributing banned substances. After a long legal battle, on [[June 26]], [[2006]], prior to a final ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the athletes reached an out of court settlement with the IAAF accepting anti-doping rule violations of 3 missed tests between [[27 July]] and [[12 August]] [[2004]] (in breach of Rule 32.2(d)) and a failure to provide a urine and a blood sample on [[12 August]] [[2004]] (in breach of Rule 32.2(c)). In return, the more serious charges against them, those of evasion and refusal to provide a sample, were dropped. They have been eligible to compete since [[22 December]] [[2006]].
==Personal bests==
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!Date
!Event
!Venue
!Time
|-
|[[June 23]], [[2001]]
|100 m
|Bremen, Germany
|10.15
|-
|[[August 9]], [[2002]]
|200 m
|Munich, Germany
|19.85
|-
|[[July 27]], [[1998]]
|400 m
|[[Thessaloniki]], [[Greece]]
|45.60
|}

==Achievements==
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!Year
!Tournament
!Venue
!Result
!Event
|-
|1992
|IAAF World Junior Championships
|Seoul, Korea
| align="center" |6th
|200 m
|-
|2000
|[[2000]] Olympic Games
|Sydney, Australia
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|200 m
|-
|2001
|IAAF World Championships
|Edmonton, Alberta
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|200 m
|-
|2002
|European Championships
|Munich, Germany
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|200 m
|-
|2003
|SPAR European Cup
|Florence, Italy
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|200 m
|-
|2004
|Greece National Championships
|[[Greece]]
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" |1st
|100 m
|}

==External links==
* [http://www.kenteris.gr/ Official Website]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1014 IOC decision regarding the cases of Konstantinos Kenteris and Ekatarina Thanou] Press release, [[August 18]], [[2004]]

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[[Category:1973 births|Kenteris, Kostas]]
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 For the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], Kenteris was one of the hopes of the home crowd for winning a gold medal in athletics, and favourite to light the Olympic flame. However, on the day prior to the Games, Kenteris and his training partner [[Ekaterini Thanou]] failed to attend a drug test. While they claimed to have been injured in a motorcycle accident - in a frantic attempt to return to the Olympic village for the test upon hearing the news in the media - an official Greek investigation would later find that the alleged accident had been staged. In the ensuing doping scandal, Kenteris and Thanou announced their withdrawal from the Games on [[August 18]] after a hearing before the Disciplinary Commission of the IOC, for what they described to be "in the interests of the country."
-The missed test in [[Athens]] was the duo's third violation of the summer and they were consequently suspended by the IAAF on [[22 December]] [[2004]]. In June [[2005]], however, the athletes were cleared of all charges by the Greek athletics federation. Their coach [[Christos Tzekos]] was blamed for the missed tests and suspended for four years, but was cleared on separate allegations of distributing banned substances. After a long legal battle, on [[June 26]], [[2006]], prior to a final ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the athletes reached an out of court settlement with the IAAF accepting anti-doping rule violations of 3 missed tests between [[27 July]] and [[12 August]] [[2004]] (in breach of Rule 32.2(d)) and a failure to provide a urine and a blood sample on [[12 August]] [[2004]] (in breach of Rule 32.2(c)). In return, the more serious charges against them, those of evasion and refusal to provide a sample, were dropped. They have been eligible to compete since [[22 December]] [[2006]].
+The missed test in [[Athens]] was the duo's third violation of the summer and they were consequently suspended by the IAAF on [[December 22]], [[2004]]. In June [[2005]], however, the athletes were cleared of all charges by the Greek athletics federation. Their coach [[Christos Tzekos]] was blamed for the missed tests and suspended for four years, but was cleared on separate allegations of distributing banned substances. After a long legal battle, on [[June 26]], [[2006]], prior to a final ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the athletes reached an out of court settlement with the IAAF accepting anti-doping rule violations of 3 missed tests between [[July 27]] and [[August 12]], [[2004]] (in breach of Rule 32.2(d)) and a failure to provide a urine and a blood sample on [[August 12]], [[2004]] (in breach of Rule 32.2(c)). In return, the more serious charges against them, those of evasion and refusal to provide a sample, were dropped. They have been eligible to compete since [[December 22]], [[2006]].
 ==Personal bests==
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 ==External links==
 * [http://www.kenteris.gr/ Official Website]
-* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1014 IOC decision regarding the cases of Konstantinos Kenteris and Ekatarina Thanou] Press release, [[August 18]], [[2004]]
+* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1014 IOC decision regarding the cases of Konstantinos Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou] Press release, [[August 18]], [[2004]]

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 '''Konstantinos "Kostas" Kenteris''', also spelled as '''Kenderis''' (in [[Greek language|Greek]]: Κωνσταντίνος Κεντέρης; born [[July 11]], [[1973]]) is a [[Greeks|Greek]] [[athletics|athlete]]. He won the gold medal in the [[200 metres]] at the [[2000]] Summer Olympics but withdrew from the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] held in his home country after a doping violation.
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 [[Category:1973 births|Kenteris, Kostas]]
-[[Category:athletes|Kenteris, Kostas]]
+[[Category:Greek Athletes|Kenteris, Kostas]]