Amaia Piedra (born 2 June 1972 in Bilbao) is a retired Spanish athlete who specialized in long-distance running. She finished ninth over

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

at the

2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, UK from 14 to 16 March 2003. It was the first time the Championships had been held in the UK. There were a total number of 589 participat ...

in Birmingham in an indoor personal best time of 8:59.76 minutes. Piedra was suspended by the

IAAF World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ...

from June 2005 to June 2007 for an anti-doping rule violation.IAAF Newsletter #78, February 28, 2006
/ref> She'd tested positive for EPO.

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* 1972 births Living people Doping cases in athletics Spanish sportspeople in doping cases Spanish female middle-distance runners Spanish female long-distance runners {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub