Hrysopiyi "Piyi" Devetzi (, , born January 2, 1976) is a retired Greek athlete who competed in the triple jump and long 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.IAAF activates Hrysopiyi Devetzi two-year doping ban, bbc.co.uk, 19 March 2011
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.
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.
Personal bests
DateEventVenuePerformanceAugust 21, 2004Triple jumpAthens, Greece15.32 m NRMarch 4, 2003Triple jump (indoor)Peania, Greece14.84 m NRJune 10, 2006Long jumpTrikala, Greece6.83 m *March 3, 2006Long jump (indoor)Liévin, France6.31 m
(*) Third among Greek long jumpers, behind Niki Xanthou (7.03) and Paraskevi Tsiamita (6.93).b
Achievements 2001Mediterranean GamesTunis, Tunisia 5thTriple jump2002European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany 7thTriple jump14.15 m2003World ChampionshipsParis, France 8thTriple jump14.34 m =PB2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 3rdTriple jump14.73 mOlympic GamesAthens, Greece 2ndTriple jump15.25 mWorld Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco 4thTriple jump2005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain10th (q)Triple jumpMediterranean GamesAlmeria, Spain 3rdTriple jump14.33 mWorld ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland 5thTriple jump14.64 mWorld Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco 1stTriple jump14.89 m SB2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden 2ndTriple jump15.05 m SB 10thLong jump6.41 mWorld Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany 2ndTriple jump14.67 mWorld CupAthens, Greece 2ndTriple jump15.04 m 3rdLong jump6.64 m2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan 3rd DSQTriple jump 15.04 m DSQWorld Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany2ndTriple jump14.75 mMilitary World GamesHyderabad, India1stLong jump6.69 m 2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain2nd Triple jump15.00 m NR Olympic GamesBeijing, China 3rd DSQTriple jump 15.23 m SB DSQ 14th DSQLong jump 6.57 m DSQ
Personal best progression (Records in bold are current ones.)
EventPerformanceVenueDateTriple Jump13.44 m Rethymno, Greece1998, May 30Triple Jump13.61 m Chania, Greece1999, July 28Triple Jump14.00 mKalamata, Greece2001, June 2Triple Jump14.15 m Rethymno, Greece2002, July 7Triple Jump14.15 mMunich, Germany2002, August 10Triple Jump (Indoor)14.48 mPeania, Greece2003, February 16Triple Jump (Indoor)14.84 m (NR)Peania, Greece2003, March 4Triple Jump14.25 m Trikala, Greece2003, June 24Triple Jump14.34 m Paris, France2003, August 24Triple Jump14.34 m Paris, France2003, August 26Triple Jump14.38 m Athens, Greece2004, June 12Triple Jump14.48 m Athens, Greece2004, June 12Triple Jump14.65 m Bydgoszcz, Poland2004, June 19Triple Jump15.32 m (NR)Athens, Greece2004, August 21Triple Jump (Indoor)14.89 m (NR) AnnulledPeania, Greece2008, February 13Triple Jump (Indoor)14.93 m (NR) AnnulledValencia, Spain2008, March 8Triple Jump (Indoor)15.00 m (NR) AnnulledValencia, Spain2008, March 8Long Jump6.15 mAthens, Greece1999, June 24Long Jump6.19 m Athens, Greece2000, June 1Long Jump6.36 m Athens, Greece2003, May 4Long Jump6.56 m Athens, Greece2005, June 11Long Jump6.60 m Deskati, Greece2006, May 13Long Jump6.83 m Trikala, Greece2006, June 10Long Jump (Indoor)6.31 m Lievin, France2006, March 3Long Jump (Indoor) 6.85 m AnnulledPeania, Greece2008, February 9
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