Hrysopiyi Devetzi


Hrysopiyi "Piyi" Devetzi 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 so far at major championships, despite being one of the world's leading female triple jumpers.

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.
In 2016, samples given by Devetzi in August 2007 were retested revealing stanozolol. Her subsequent results, 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

DateEventVenuePerformance
August 21, 2004Triple jumpAthens, Greece15.32 m NR
March 4, 2003Triple jump Peania, Greece14.84 m NR
June 10, 2006Long jumpTrikala, Greece6.83 m *
March 3, 2006Long jump Liévin, France6.31 m

Personal best progression

EventPerformanceVenueDate
Triple Jump13.44 mRethymno, Greece1998, May 30
Triple Jump13.61 mChania, Greece1999, July 28
Triple Jump14.00 mKalamata, Greece2001, June 2
Triple Jump14.15 mRethymno, Greece2002, July 7
Triple Jump14.15 mMunich, Germany2002, August 10
Triple Jump 14.48 mPeania, Greece2003, February 16
Triple Jump 14.84 m Peania, Greece2003, March 4
Triple Jump14.25 mTrikala, Greece2003, June 24
Triple Jump14.34 mParis, France2003, August 24
Triple Jump14.34 mParis, France2003, August 26
Triple Jump14.38 mAthens, Greece2004, June 12
Triple Jump14.48 mAthens, Greece2004, June 12
Triple Jump14.65 mBydgoszcz, Poland2004, June 19
Triple Jump15.32 m Athens, Greece2004, August 21
Triple Jump 14.89 m AnnulledPeania, Greece2008, February 13
Triple Jump 14.93 m AnnulledValencia, Spain2008, March 8
Triple Jump 15.00 m AnnulledValencia, Spain2008, March 8
Long Jump6.15 mAthens, Greece1999, June 24
Long Jump6.19 mAthens, Greece2000, June 1
Long Jump6.36 mAthens, Greece2003, May 4
Long Jump6.56 mAthens, Greece2005, June 11
Long Jump6.60 mDeskati, Greece2006, May 13
Long Jump6.83 m Trikala, Greece2006, June 10
Long Jump 6.31 m Lievin, France2006, March 3
Long Jump 6.85 m AnnulledPeania, Greece2008, February 9