 Devetzi in 2006 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1976-01-02)2 January 1976 (age 50) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Greece |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Triple jump |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personalbest(s) | 15.32 m, 14.84 m (i) |
Medal record | |
Hrysopiyi "Piyi" Devetzi (Greek:Χρυσοπηγή Δεβετζή,[xrisopiˈʝiðeveˈdzi], born January 2, 1976[1]) is a retiredGreekathlete who competed in thetriple jump andlong jump.
Devetzi was born inAlexandroupoli. She won the triple jump silver medal at the2004 Summer Olympics with 15.25 and the triple jump bronze medal at the2008 Summer Olympics with 15.23. At the 2004 Summer Olympics semifinal she set a Greek record of 15.32 metres. This performance ranked her in the fourth place of all time triple jumpers, after the world record holder,Inessa Kravets, her greatest rivalTatyana Lebedeva and the twice-olympic gold medalistFrançoise Mbango Etone. She won another silver medal at the2006 European Athletics Championships inGothenburg, losing the gold at the last jump by Tatyana Lebedeva. The same story was repeated at the2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Valencia, in which "Piyi" lost the 1st place at the sixth jump byYargelis Savigne.
Devetzi was known for often jumping longer in qualification rounds than in finals, as at the2004 Olympics, and also for her lack of gold at major championships, despite having been one of the world's leading female triple jumpers.
She was named theGreek Female Athlete of the Year for the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
In May 2009 Devetzi refused to submit to doping control. Failing to submit sample equals a positive test, and she was subsequently handed a two-year doping ban.[2][3][4]
In 2016, samples given by Devetzi in August 2007 were retested revealingstanozolol. Her subsequent results (for the next four years), covering the time until her retirement, were annulled, including the 2008 Olympic bronze medal. Her 2007 World Championship bronze medal was also annulled.[5]
On 17 November 2016 theIOC disqualified Devetzi from the 2008 Olympic Games, stripped her Olympic bronze medal and struck her long jump and triple jump results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of her doping sample from 2008.[6]
| Date | Event | Venue | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 21, 2004 | Triple jump | Athens, Greece | 15.32 mNR |
| March 4, 2003 | Triple jump (indoor) | Peania, Greece | 14.84 mNR |
| June 10, 2006 | Long jump | Trikala, Greece | 6.83 m * |
| March 3, 2006 | Long jump (indoor) | Liévin, France | 6.31 m |
(Records inbold are current ones.)
| Event | Performance | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triple Jump | 13.44 m | Rethymno, Greece | 1998, May 30 |
| Triple Jump | 13.61 m | Chania, Greece | 1999, July 28 |
| Triple Jump | 14.00 m | Kalamata, Greece | 2001, June 2 |
| Triple Jump | 14.15 m | Rethymno, Greece | 2002, July 7 |
| Triple Jump | 14.15 m | Munich, Germany | 2002, August 10 |
| Triple Jump (Indoor) | 14.48 m | Peania, Greece | 2003, February 16 |
| Triple Jump (Indoor) | 14.84 m (NR) | Peania, Greece | 2003, March 4 |
| Triple Jump | 14.25 m | Trikala, Greece | 2003, June 24 |
| Triple Jump | 14.34 m | Paris, France | 2003, August 24 |
| Triple Jump | 14.34 m | Paris, France | 2003, August 26 |
| Triple Jump | 14.38 m | Athens, Greece | 2004, June 12 |
| Triple Jump | 14.48 m | Athens, Greece | 2004, June 12 |
| Triple Jump | 14.65 m | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 2004, June 19 |
| Triple Jump | 15.32 m (NR) | Athens, Greece | 2004, August 21 |
| Triple Jump (Indoor) | Peania, Greece | 2008, February 13 | |
| Triple Jump (Indoor) | Valencia, Spain | 2008, March 8 | |
| Triple Jump (Indoor) | Valencia, Spain | 2008, March 8 | |
| Long Jump | 6.15 m | Athens, Greece | 1999, June 24 |
| Long Jump | 6.19 m | Athens, Greece | 2000, June 1 |
| Long Jump | 6.36 m | Athens, Greece | 2003, May 4 |
| Long Jump | 6.56 m | Athens, Greece | 2005, June 11 |
| Long Jump | 6.60 m | Deskati, Greece | 2006, May 13 |
| Long Jump | 6.83 m | Trikala, Greece | 2006, June 10 |
| Long Jump (Indoor) | 6.31 m | Lievin, France | 2006, March 3 |
| Long Jump (Indoor) | Peania, Greece | 2008, February 9 |
