Athanasia Tsoumeleka

Athanasia Tsoumeleka (Greek Αθανασία Τσουμελέκα, born January 2, 1982 in Preveza ) is a former Greek race walker and Olympic champion.

Already in 2001, at the age of 19 she was in a 10 km Walk Vice European champion at junior level with a time of 46:29,20 minutes.

2003 won in 1:33,55 hours the gold medal at the U23 European Championship in the 20 - km walk. At her first start at senior level it was at the 2003 World Championships in Paris / Saint- Denis already seventh.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens she won the gold medal on home soil over 20 - km walk, before Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS ) and Jane Saville (AUS).

Despite injury, she decided to go at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki at the start. A few kilometers before the finish line lying on a secure third place, she was disqualified surprising. This disqualification was later criticized vehemently by many as them as Olympic gold medalist ever had a camera next to him and on the television pictures noticed no rules.

In 2006, she took a baby break. At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka she left.

Shortly before the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, where Tsoumeleka finished ninth, was a doping test was made ​​on its behalf, which indicated a dose of erythropoietin (EPO). When this was announced in January 2009, Tsoumeleka announced her departure. On 2 February 2009 verlautbarte the Greek Athletics Federation that the B sample confirmed the result. Then, a two -year ban was imposed for breach of the Doping Regulations and canceled the result at the Olympic Games. In addition Tsoumeleka was one of the athletes, which end of April 2009, the EPO preparation CERA was detected at follow- doping samples that had been taken during the Olympic Games in Beijing. Later, she was banned for two years until January 2011.

Athanasia Tsoumeleka is 1.57 m tall and weighs 47 kg.

Personal Best

  • 5000 m To: 22:04,90 min, April 10, 2003, Heraklion
  • 10,000 m Walk: 44:10,02 min, April 17, 2004 Pyrgos
  • 10 km Walk: 46:43 min, May 19, 2001 Dudince
  • 20 - km walk: 1:29,12 min 23 August, 2004, Athens
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