Hrysopiyi Devetzi

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

Links

IAAF profile for Hrysopiyi Devetzi

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