- Fani Halkia
Fani Halkia ( _el. Φανή Χαλκιά, IPA2|faˈni xalˈca, born
February 2 ,1979 in Larissa) is a Greek hurdler.She won the gold medal in the women's 400m hurdles at the
2004 Summer Olympics inAthens . During the semifinals Halkia set an Olympic record of 52.77 seconds.On
August 16 ,2008 , during the2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing it was announced that she tested positive for the banned substancemethyltrienolone . [http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080816/sports/oly_greece_doping Greek hurdler Fani Halkia tests positive for doping] - Yahoo] [http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK33245220080816 Greece's Halkia fails test: officials] ] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/athletics/7566017.stm Greek champion fails drugs test] ] Halkia denies she has taken any banned substance, and asked for her 'B' sample to be tested, which also tested positive the next day. [ [http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_1355.pdf IOC DISCIPLINARY COMMISSION DECISION REGARDING Ms FANI CHALKIA] ]Achievements
Personal bests
Outdoor
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400 metres - 50.56 s (2004) - Greek record. [http://www.athletix.org/Statistics/alltime_women.htm Greek all-time list, women] - Athletix]
*400 metres hurdles - 52.77 s (2004) - Greek record. b]
*200 metres - 23.30 s (2007)Indoor
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400 metres - 51.68 s (2004) - Greek record.References
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