Leonidas Sampanis

Leonidas Sampanis (born 1971 in Korçë, Albania as "Luan Shabani") is an ethnicFact|date=August 2008 Greek [cite web | title=More disgrace as Greek medallist fails test | last = Reuters | work = IOL News for South Africa and the World | date = 20 August 2004 | url = http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=624&set_id=6&click_id=624&art_id=qw1093023362638B245] weightlifter, who represented Greece in 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal in the 58kg category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA and in the 62kg category in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Sampanis was originally awarded a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but the medal was later stripped from him as a result of a doping scandal. [cite web | last =Associated Press | title =Ancient Olympia's First Female Winner Stripped of Medal | work =USA Today | date =August 23, 2004 | url =http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/athens/track/2004-08-23-shotput-stripped_x.htm
accessdate =2008-05-05] .

In the European Championship in Aalborg (Denmark) in 1990, the young talented weightlifter, Sampanis was declared European Champion. [cite web | title=Eurolympic History of Albania | last = www.eprolympic.org | work = www.eurolympic.org | date = December 2004 | url = http://www.eurolympic.org/jahia/Jahia/pid/295 ]

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