Evangelia Xinou

Evangelia Xinou
Personal information
Nationality  Greece
Born (1981-11-22) 22 November 1981
Athens, Greece
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Race walking
Club Olympiakos (GRE)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 10 km walk: 44:33 (2008)
20 km walk: 1:32:19 (2008)
50 km walk: 4:28:13 (2004)

Evangelia Xinou (Greek: Ευαγγελία Ξυνού; born November 22, 1981 in Athens) is a female Greek race walker.[1] She is a four-time national champion (2005–2008) for the 20 km race walk.

Xinou represented Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 20 km race walk, along with her compatriots Despina Zapounidou and Athanasia Tsoumeleka, who later disqualified from the event because of doping charges.[2] Despite of the tumultuous weather, she finished the race in twenty-fifth place by three seconds behind Romania's Ana Maria Groza, with a personal best time of 1:32:19.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Evaggelia Xinou". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "IOC sanctions race walker Tsoumeleka for doping". USA Today. 18 November 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Women's 20km Race Walk". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.


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