Hrysopiyi Devetzi

Hrysopiyi "Piyi" Devetzi (Greek: Χρυσοπηγή Δεβετζή, [xrisopiˈʝi ðeveˈdzi], born January 2, 1976^[1]) is a retired Greek athlete who competed in the triple jump and long jump.

Hrysopiyi Devetzi

Devetzi in 2006
Personal information
Born	(1976-01-02) 2 January 1976 (age 48)
Sport
Country	Greece
Sport	Athletics
Event	Triple jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	15.32 m, 14.84 m (i)
Medal record Olympic Games 2004 Athens Triple jump Disqualified 2008 Beijing Triple jump World Championships Disqualified 2007 Osaka Triple jump World Indoor Championships Disqualified 2008 Valencia Triple jump 2004 Budapest Triple jump European Championships 2006 Göteborg Triple jump World Cup 2006 Athens Triple jump 2006 Athens Long jump Mediterranean Games 2005 Almeria Triple jump

Devetzi was born in Alexandroupoli. She won the triple jump silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with 15.25 and the triple jump bronze medal at the 2008 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 rival Tatyana Lebedeva and the twice-olympic gold medalist Françoise Mbango Etone. She won another silver medal at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, losing the gold at the last jump by Tatyana Lebedeva. The same story was repeated at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Valencia, in which "Piyi" lost the 1st place at the sixth jump by Yargelis Savigne.

Devetzi was known for often jumping longer in qualification rounds than in finals, as at the 2004 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 the Greek Female Athlete of the Year for the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Doping ban

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]

In 2016, samples given by Devetzi in August 2007 were retested revealing stanozolol. 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.^[4]

On 17 November 2016 the IOC 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.^[5]

Piyi Devetzi initially third in Osaka, 2007

Personal bests

Date	Event	Venue	Performance
August 21, 2004	Triple jump	Athens, Greece	15.32 m NR
March 4, 2003	Triple jump (indoor)	Peania, Greece	14.84 m NR
June 10, 2006	Long jump	Trikala, Greece	6.83 m *
March 3, 2006	Long jump (indoor)	Liévin, France	6.31 m

• (*) Third among Greek long jumpers, behind Niki Xanthou (7.03) and Paraskevi Tsiamita (6.93).^[6]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2001	Mediterranean Games	Tunis, Tunisia	5th	Triple jump
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	7th	Triple jump	14.15 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	8th	Triple jump	14.34 m =PB
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	Triple jump	14.73 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	2nd	Triple jump	15.25 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	4th	Triple jump
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	10th (q)	Triple jump
	Mediterranean Games	Almeria, Spain	3rd	Triple jump	14.33 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	Triple jump	14.64 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	1st	Triple jump	14.89 m SB
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	Triple jump	15.05 m SB
			10th	Long jump	6.41 m
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	2nd	Triple jump	14.67 m
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	2nd	Triple jump	15.04 m
			3rd	Long jump	6.64 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	3rd DSQ	Triple jump	15.04 m DSQ
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	2nd	Triple jump	14.75 m
	Military World Games	Hyderabad, India	1st	Long jump	6.69 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	2nd	Triple jump	15.00 m NR
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	3rd DSQ	Triple jump	15.23 m SB DSQ
			14th DSQ	Long jump	6.57 m DSQ

Personal best progression

(Records in bold 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)	14.89 m (NR) Annulled	Peania, Greece	2008, February 13
Triple Jump (Indoor)	14.93 m (NR) Annulled	Valencia, Spain	2008, March 8
Triple Jump (Indoor)	15.00 m (NR) Annulled	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)	6.85 m Annulled	Peania, Greece	2008, February 9

References

1. "IAAF Athlete Profile". IAAF.org. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
2. "Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 11.7.12" (PDF). IAAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 14, 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
3. IAAF activates Hrysopiyi Devetzi two-year doping ban, bbc.co.uk, 19 March 2011
4. "Triple-jumper Devetzi stripped of her 2008 Olympic bronze | eKathimerini.com".
5. "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
6. b

External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 August 2009)
• Hrysopiyi Devetzi at Olympics.com
• Hrysopiyi Devetzi at HellenicAthletes.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 March 2007)
• Chrysopigi Devetzi at World Athletics
• Pigi Devetzi at the Hellenic Olympic Committee
• Pigi Devetzi at Olympedia (archive)