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Athanasia Tsoumeleka (Greek: Αθανασία Τσουμελέκα, [aθanaˈsia tsumeˈleka]; born 2 January 1982 in Preveza, Greece) is a Greek race walker, who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Athanasia Tsoumeleka

Personal information
Born	(1982-01-02) 2 January 1982 (age 40) Preveza, Greece
Sport
Country	Greece
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	20 km walk
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	1:29.12
Medal record Olympic Games 2004 Athens 20 km race walking

Until 2003 Tsoumeleka was a largely unknown athlete, and she only finished seventh at the World Championships that year.^{[citation needed]} To everybody's great surprise, she won the Olympic gold medal race held in her own country ahead of Russia's Olimpiada Ivanova (silver) and Australia's Jane Saville (bronze).^{[citation needed]}

In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, she finished 9th in 20 km walk. After the end of the Games, a urine sample she had given on 6 August tested positive for erythropoietin, when subjected to a new test for CERA.[1] Tsoumeleka expressed doubts about the validity of the procedure, and then announced her immediate retirement from the sport.[1] On 29 April 2009 it was announced that Tsoumeleka had tested positive for CERA in a test on a blood sample provided during the 2008 Olympics.[2] Her "B" sample also tested positive for CERA.[3] On 18 November 2009 the International Olympic Committee decided to disqualify Tsoumeleka from the Women's 20 km Walk event of the 2008 Olympic Games where she placed 9th.[4]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Greece
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	4th	10,000m	47:10.96
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	9th	20 km	1:31:25 SB
2003	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	20 km	1:33:55
	World Championships	Paris, France	7th	20 km	1:29:34 NR
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	1st	20 km	1:29.12 PB
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	—	20 km	DSQ
2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	14th	20 km	1:30:40
	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	DSQ	20 km	1:27:54

References

На других языках

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- [en] Athanasia Tsoumeleka

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[it] Athanasia Tsoumeleka

Athanasia Tsoumeleka (in greco: Αθανασία Τσουμελέκα; Prevesa, 2 gennaio 1982) è una marciatrice greca.

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[ru] Цумелека, Афанасия

Афанаси́я Цумеле́ка (греч. Αθανασία Τσουμελέκα; 2 января 1982, Превеза) — греческая легкоатлетка, олимпийская чемпионка 2004 года в ходьбе на 20 километров.

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