Alissa Kallinikou
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Athletics |
| Event | Sprint |
| Club | GSK Club |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 400 m: 52.05 s (2008) |
Alissa Kallinikou (
Athens, Greece, earning her a spot on the Cypriot team for the Olympics.[2]
Kallinikou represented
Tatiana Firova. She finished the race in fifth place by four tenths of a second (0.40) ahead of Poland's Monika Bejnar, with a time of 52.40 seconds. Kallinikou, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed twenty-sixth overall, and was ranked below three mandatory slots for the next round.[3]
Doping ban
Kallinkou tested positive for testosterone in July 2008, and was subsequently handed a two-year ban from sports.[4][5] The analyse of the positive sample wasn't completed until after she had competed in the Olympic Games. Her results from the Olympics were annulled due to the anti-doping rule violation.[6]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alissa Kallinikou". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- IAAF. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- NBC Olympics. Archived from the originalon 21 August 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ^ IAAF: Athletes currently ineligible to compete in Athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation, iaaf.org, 14 January 2010
- ^ "Athletes Currently Banned Following a Doping Rule Violation 2009". IAAF. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ Butler, Mark (2015). "Doping violations at IAAF World Championships". IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 Statistics Handbook. Monaco: IAAF. pp. 75–78.
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