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

2008 Summer Olympics 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 ...

in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 20 km race walk, along with her compatriots Despina Zapounidou and

Athanasia Tsoumeleka Athanasia Tsoumeleka ( el, Αθανασία Τσουμελέκα, ; born 2 January 1982 in Preveza, Greece) is a Greek race walker, who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Until 2003 Tsoumeleka was a largely unknown athlete, ...

, who later disqualified from the event because of doping charges. Despite of the tumultuous weather, she finished the race in twenty-fifth place by three seconds behind Romania's

Ana Maria Groza Ana Maria Groza (born 1 June 1976 in Cluj-Napoca, Cluj) is a female race walker from Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the sou ...

, with a personal best time of 1:32:19.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1981 births Living people Greek female racewalkers Olympic athletes for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes from Athens Greek Athletics Championships winners {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub