Dimitra Dova (Greek: Δήμητρα Ντόβα; born July 2, 1974, in Athens) is a Greek sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres.[1] She won the gold medal for her category at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain, with a time of 52.67 seconds, defeating her compatriot Phara Anacharsis by three hundredths of a second (0.03).[2]
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| Nationality |  Greece | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 July 1974 Athens, Greece | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
| Club | ASE Douka (GRE) | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 200 m: 24.68 s (2008) 400 m: 51.89 s (2005) | ||||||||||||||
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Dova represented the host nation Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics, coincidentally in her home city, where she placed eighth for her national sprint team in the women's 4 × 400 m relay, with a time of 3:45.70.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Dova competed for the women's 400 metres this time, as an individual athlete. She ran in the fifth heat against six other athletes, including American track star Sanya Richards, who eventually won a bronze medal in the final. She finished the race in fifth place by nine hundredths of a second (0.09) behind Japan's Asami Tanno, with a time of 52.69 seconds. Dova, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed twenty-ninth overall and was ranked below three mandatory slots for the next round.[3]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dimitra Dova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ "Greece take three Golds in Almeria". European Athletics. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ "Women's 400m Round 1 – Heat 5". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
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