Evangelia Xinou
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Greece |
| Born |
22 November 1981 Athens, Greece |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Race walking |
| Club | Olympiakos (GRE) |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) |
10 km walk: 44:33 (2008) 20 km walk: 1:32:19 (2008) 50 km walk: 4:28:13 (2004) |
Evangelia Xinou (Greek: Ευαγγελία Ξυνού; born November 22, 1981 in Athens) is a female Greek race walker.[1] She is a four-time national champion (2005–2008) for the 20 km race walk.
Xinou represented Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 20 km race walk, along with her compatriots Despina Zapounidou and Athanasia Tsoumeleka, who later disqualified from the event because of doping charges.[2] Despite of the tumultuous weather, she finished the race in twenty-fifth place by three seconds behind Romania's Ana Maria Groza, with a personal best time of 1:32:19.[3]
References
- ↑ "Evaggelia Xinou". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ↑ "IOC sanctions race walker Tsoumeleka for doping". USA Today. 18 November 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ↑ "Women's 20km Race Walk". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
External links
- Evangelia Xinou profile at IAAF
- NBC Olympics Profile
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