Athanasia Perra ( gr, Αθανασία Πέρρα; born 2 February 1983 in Pyrgos) is a Greek

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

er.

Career

She finished tenth at the 2002 World Junior Championships. She also competed at the

2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, the 2005 World Championships, the 2007 World Championships, the

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

and the

2012 Olympic Games The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

without reaching the final. She did however reach the final of the 2013 World Championships. She won the gold medal in the Mediterranean Games of

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with a personal best jump at 14.62 metres, in July 2009. In 2017, a retest of her sample from the 2009 World Championships showed presence of an illegal substance and was banned from competition from 4 May 2017 until 3 May 2021. In addition, all of her results between 15 August 2009 and 14 August 2011 were voided.

International competitions

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* * 1983 births Living people Greek female triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Greece Sportspeople from Pyrgos, Elis World Athletics Championships athletes for Greece Doping cases in athletics Greek sportspeople in doping cases Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub