Anna Verouli ( el, Άννα Βερούλη, born November 13, 1956) is a retired
Greek
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javelin throw
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er. She was born in
Kavala
Kavala ( el, Καβάλα, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia and the capital of Kavala (regional unit), Kavala regional unit.
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.
She won the gold medal at the
1982 European Athletics Championships
The 13th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 September to 12 September 1982 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.
Men's results
Compl ...
, and a bronze medal at the
1983 World Championships in Athletics.
Verouli was tested positive for
nandrolone
Nandrolone, also known as 19-nortestosterone, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) which is used in the form of esters such as nandrolone decanoate (brand name Deca-Durabolin) and nandrolone phenylpropionate (brand name Durabolin). Nandrolon ...
at the
1984 Summer Olympics
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and was banned from the competition.
Olympic doping's list of shame
She was married to weightlifter Ioannis Tsintsaris.
Honours
See also
* List of doping cases in athletics
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* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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References
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1956 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kavala
Greek female javelin throwers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Greece
Doping cases in athletics
Greek sportspeople in doping cases
World Athletics Championships medalists
Greek European Athletics champions (track and field)
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
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