Eleni Donta-Bali ( gr, Ελένη Δοντά-Μπαλή; born June 17, 1980 in
Lamia) is a Greek marathon runner. Donta represented
Greece
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, where she competed for the
women's marathon. She finished the race in sixtieth place by eighteen seconds ahead of Mexico's
Karina Pérez and Colombia's
Bertha Sánchez
Bertha Oliva Sánchez Rivera (born November 4, 1978) is a female long-distance runner from Colombia, who won several medals on continental level from the mid-1990s on.
Career
She has won twice at the South American Cross Country Championships ...
, with a time of 2:46:44.
References
External links
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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Living people
1980 births
Greek female marathon runners
Greek female long-distance runners
Olympic athletes of Greece
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Lamia (city)
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