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Medal record
Women's athletics
Competitor for  Greece
Olympic 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) 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.

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 Triple jump
Mediterranean Games Almeria, Spain 3rd Triple jump
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 5th Triple jump
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 1st Triple jump 14.89 m
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 Long jump

Personal bests

Outdoor

Date Event Venue Performance
August 21, 2004 Triple jump Athens, Greece 15.32 (NR)
June 10, 2006 Long jump Trikala, Greece 6.83 *

* Third among Greek long jumpers, only behind Niki Xanthou (7.03) and Paraskevi Tsiamita.[1]


Indoor

Date Event Venue Performance
March 8, 2008 Triple jump Valencia, Spain 15.00 (NR)
February 9, 2008 Long jump Peania, Greece 6.85 *

* Second among Greek long jumpers, only behind Niki Xanthou (6.91)


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

1. ^ b

External links

* Official Web site of Hrysopiyi Devetzi
* IAAF profile for Hrysopiyi Devetzi
* HellenicAthletes.com: Hrysopiyi Devetzi

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