(1979-02-02) 2 February 1979 (age 45) Larissa, Greece
Sport
Country
Greece
Sport
Athletics
Event
400 metres hurdles
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking
1st
Personal best
52.77 sec
Medal record
Olympic Games
2004 Athens
400 m hurdles
European Championships
2006 Gothenburg
400 m hurdles
Fani Chalkia (Greek: Φανή Χαλκιά, [faˈnixalˈca], born 2 February 1979), also transliterated as Halkia or Khalkia, is a retired Greek hurdler.[1][2]
Chalkia was born in Larissa, and represented Olympiacos. She won the gold medal in the women's 400m hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. During the semifinals Chalkia set an Olympic record of 52.77 seconds.
On 16 August 2008, during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing it was announced that she tested positive for the banned substance methyltrienolone.[3][4] Chalkia denied she had taken any banned substance, and asked for her 'B' sample to be tested, which also tested positive the next day.[5] On 26 November 2008, the Greek Athletics Federation announced that she would serve a two year ban from the sport effective from August when Chalkia was expelled from the 2008 Summer Olympics.[6]
In 2015, a Greek court convicted Chalkia of intentional doping and handed her a seven month jail sentence, suspended pending an appeal; this appeal was successful as on 19 February 2016, Chalkia was unanimously acquitted by the Athens Court of Appeal of all charges for the intentional use of banned substances.[7] The court ruled that the former champion had fallen victim to a circuit of adulterated drugs, and also acquitted her trainer Giorgos Panagiotopoulos, who was facing charges of intentionally supplying banned substances.[8]
^"Faní Halkia". IAAF.org. International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fani Khalkia". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
^"Greece's Halkia fails test: officials". Reuters. 16 August 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
^"Greek champion fails drugs test". BBC News. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
^"IOC DISCIPLINARY COMMISSION DECISION REGARDING Ms FANI CHALKIA" (PDF). Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2008.
^"Athletics-Halkia banned for two years for steroid use". Reuters. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
^"Greek court clears hurdler Halkia of intentional doping". Sports Illustrated. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
^"ΑΠΟΚΛΕΙΣΤΙΚΟ: Αθώα η Φανή Χαλκιά!". Contra.gr. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
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