- Hrysopiyi Devetzi
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Medal record 
Hrysopiyi DevetziWomen's athletics Competitor for 
GreeceOlympic Games Silver 2004 Athens Triple jump Bronze 2008 Beijing Triple jump World Championships Bronze 2007 Osaka Triple Jump World Indoor Championships Bronze 2004 Budapest Triple Jump Silver 2008 Valencia Triple Jump European Championships Silver 2006 Göteborg Triple Jump Hrysopiyi "Pigi" Devetzi (Greek: Χρυσοπηγή Δεβετζή, [xrisopiˈʝi ðeveˈdzi], born 2 October 1975) in Alexandroupoli is a former Greek athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump.
She won the triple jump silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with 15.25 and the triple jump bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics with 15.23. At the 2004 Summer Olympics semifinal she set a Greek record of 15.32 metres. This performance ranks her in the fourth place of all time triple jumpers, after the world record holder, Inessa Kravets, her greatest rival Tatyana Lebedeva and the twice-olympic gold medalist Françoise Mbango Etone. She won another silver medal at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, losing the gold at the last jump by Tatyana Lebedeva. The same story was repeated at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Valencia, in which "Piyi" lost the 1st place at the sixth jump by Yargelis Savigne.
Devetzi is known for often jumping longer in qualification rounds than in finals, as at the 2004 Olympics, and also for her lack of gold so far at major championships, despite being one of the world's leading female triple jumpers.
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Personal bests
Date Event Venue Performance August 21, 2004 Triple jump Athens, Greece 15.32 (NR) March 8, 2008 Triple jump (indoor) Valencia, Spain 15.00 (NR) June 10, 2006 Long jump Trikala, Greece 6.83 * February 9, 2008 Long jump (indoor) Peania, Greece 6.85 ** - (*) Third among Greek long jumpers, only behind Niki Xanthou (7.03) and Paraskevi Tsiamita.[1]
- (**) Second among Greek long jumpers, only behind Niki Xanthou (6.91)
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes 2001 Mediterranean Games Tunis, Tunisia 5th Triple jump 2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 7th Triple jump 2003 World Championships Paris, France 8th Triple jump 2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd Triple jump 14.73 m Olympic Games Athens, Greece 2nd Triple jump 15.25 m World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 4th Triple jump 2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 10th (q) Triple jump Mediterranean Games Almeria, Spain 3rd Triple jump World Championships Helsinki, Finland 5th Triple jump 14.64 m World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 1st Triple jump 14.89 m (SB) 2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 2nd Triple jump 15.05 m 10th Long jump 6.41 m World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 2nd Triple jump World Cup Athens, Greece 2nd Triple jump 15.04 m 3rd Long jump 2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 3rd Triple jump 15.04 m World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 2nd Triple jump Military World Games Hyderabad, India 1st Long jump 2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 2nd Triple jump 15.00 m (NR) Olympic Games Beijing, China 3rd Triple jump 15.23 m (SB) Olympic Games Beijing, China 14th (q) Long jump Records (Progression)
(Records in bold are current ones.)
Event Performance Venue Date Triple Jump 13.44 m Rethymno, Greece 1998, May 30 Triple Jump 13.61 m Chania, Greece 1999, July 28 Triple Jump 14.00 m Kalamata, Greece 2001, June 2 Triple Jump 14.15 m Rethymno, Greece 2002, July 7 Triple Jump 14.15 m Munich, Germany 2002, August 10 Triple Jump (Indoor) 14.48 m Peania, Greece 2003, February 16 Triple Jump (Indoor) 14.84 m (NR) Peania, Greece 2003, March 4 Triple Jump 14.25 m Trikala, Greece 2003, June 24 Triple Jump 14.34 m Paris, France 2003, August 24 Triple Jump 14.34 m Paris, France 2003, August 26 Triple Jump 14.38 m Athens, Greece 2004, June 12 Triple Jump 14.48 m Athens, Greece 2004, June 12 Triple Jump 14.65 m Bydgoszcz, Poland 2004, June 19 Triple Jump 15.32 m (NR) Athens, Greece 2004, August 21 Triple Jump (Indoor) 14.89 m (NR) Peania, Greece 2008, February 13 Triple Jump (Indoor) 14.93 m (NR) Valencia, Spain 2008, March 8 Triple Jump (Indoor) 15.00 m (NR) Valencia, Spain 2008, March 8 Long Jump 6.15 m Athens, Greece 1999, June 24 Long Jump 6.19 m Athens, Greece 2000, June 1 Long Jump 6.36 m Athens, Greece 2003, May 4 Long Jump 6.56 m Athens, Greece 2005, June 11 Long Jump 6.60 m Deskati, Greece 2006, May 13 Long Jump 6.83 m Trikala, Greece 2006, June 10 Long Jump (Indoor) 6.85 m Peania, Greece 2008, February 9 References
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Categories:- 1976 births
- People from Alexandroupoli
- Living people
- Greek athletes
- Greek triple jumpers
- Greek long jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Greece
- Olympic silver medalists for Greece
- Olympic bronze medalists for Greece
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
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