Ekaterini Thanou is pictured winning the 100 metres Gold medal at the 2002 European Championships,
for Greece. The following year she won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Paris but in 2004
she and her training partner Konstantinos Kenteris failed to attend a drugs test, and later the same night
were hospitalised, claiming they had both been injured in a motorcycle accident.
After years of controversy Thanou was tried in 2009 for making false statements to police, to avoid a doping test,
on the eve of the 2004 Athens Olympics.
On 9th. May 2011, Thanou and Kenteris were convicted of perjury and received
suspended sentences of 31 months against which they immediately appealed. The judge declared that
the "motor accident at the Olympic Games in reality had never taken place". On 6 September 2011, the (British)
Guardian newspaper reported that Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou had been acquitted by a
Greek appeals court of faking a motorcycle crash after missing a drugs test.
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Women's 100m Final
2002 European Championships.
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| 1 Ekaterini THANOU |
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Gre |
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11.10 |
| 2 Kim Gevaert |
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Bel |
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11.22 |
| 3 Manuela Levorato |
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Ita |
|
11.23 |
| 4 Glory Alozie |
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Spa |
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11.32 |
| 5 Melanie Paschke |
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Ger |
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11.37 |
| 6 Abiodun Oyepitan |
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Gbr |
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11.41 |
| 7 Odiah Sidibe |
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Fra |
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11.57 |
| 8 Alenka Bikar |
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Slo |
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11.63 |
ANNUAL PROGRESS 100 metres.
2008 11.39 +0.8 Réthimno 14 JUL
2007 11.35 -0.6 Thessaloníki 30 JUL
2004 11.21 +0.3 Athína 10 JUN
2003 11.03 +0.9 Paris Saint-Denis 24 AUG
2002 11.05 +0.3 München 07 AUG
2001 10.91 -0.3 Edmonton 06 AUG
2000 10.91 +0.9 Lausanne 05 JUL
1999 10.83 +0.1 Sevilla 22 AUG (personal best)
1998 10.87 +2.0 Budapest 19 AUG
1997 11.13 +0.4 Bari 16 JUN
1996 11.26 +1.4 Athína 15 JUN
1995 11.09 +1.4 Göteborg 07 AUG
1994 11.43 +1.3 Lisboa 21 JUL