# Hrysopiyi Devetzi

Hrysopiyi "Piyi" Devetzi (Greek: Χρυσοπηγή Δεβετζή,, born January 2, 1976) is a retired Greek athlete who competed in the triple jump and long jump.
Devetzi was born in Alexandroupoli. 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 ranked 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 was known for often jumping longer in qualification rounds than in finals, as at the 2004 Olympics, and also for her lack of gold at major championships, despite having been one of the world's leading female triple jumpers.
She was named the Greek Female Athlete of the Year for the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

## Doping ban

In May 2009 Devetzi refused to submit to doping control. Failing to submit sample equals a positive test, and she was subsequently handed a two-year doping ban.
In 2016, samples given by Devetzi in August 2007 were retested revealing stanozolol. Her subsequent results (for the next four years), covering the time until her retirement, were annulled, including the 2008 Olympic bronze medal. Her 2007 World Championship bronze medal was also annulled.
On 17 November 2016 the IOC disqualified Devetzi from the 2008 Olympic Games, stripped her Olympic bronze medal and struck her long jump and triple jump results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of her doping sample from 2008.

## Personal bests

| Date | Event | Venue | Performance |
| August 21, 2004 | Triple jump | Athens, Greece | 15.32 m NR |
| March 4, 2003 | Triple jump (indoor) | Peania, Greece | 14.84 m NR |
| June 10, 2006 | Long jump | Trikala, Greece | 6.83 m * |
| March 3, 2006 | Long jump (indoor) | Liévin, France | 6.31 m |
* (*) Third among Greek long jumpers, behind Niki Xanthou (7.03) and Paraskevi Tsiamita (6.93).

## Achievements

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| 2001 | Mediterranean Games | Tunis, Tunisia | 5th | Triple jump | |
| 2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 7th | Triple jump | 14.15 m |
| 2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 8th | Triple jump | 14.34 m =PB |
| 2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | Triple jump | 14.73 m |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 2nd | Triple jump | 15.25 m |
| 2004 | World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 4th | Triple jump | |
| 2005 | European Indoor Championships | Madrid, Spain | 10th (q) | Triple jump | |
| 2005 | Mediterranean Games | Almeria, Spain | 3rd | Triple jump | 14.33 m |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 5th | Triple jump | 14.64 m |
| 2005 | World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 1st | Triple jump | 14.89 m SB |
| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 2nd | Triple jump | 15.05 m SB |
| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 10th | Long jump | 6.41 m |
| 2006 | World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 2nd | Triple jump | 14.67 m |
| 2006 | World Cup | Athens, Greece | 2nd | Triple jump | 15.04 m |
| 2006 | World Cup | Athens, Greece | 3rd | Long jump | 6.64 m |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 3rd DSQ | Triple jump | 15.04 m DSQ |
| 2007 | World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 2nd | Triple jump | 14.75 m |
| 2007 | Military World Games | Hyderabad, India | 1st | Long jump | 6.69 m |
| 2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 2nd | Triple jump | 15.00 m NR |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 3rd DSQ | Triple jump | 15.23 m SB DSQ |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 14th DSQ | Long jump | 6.57 m DSQ |

## Personal best 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) Annulled | Peania, Greece | 2008, February 13 |
| Triple Jump (Indoor) | 14.93 m (NR) Annulled | Valencia, Spain | 2008, March 8 |
| Triple Jump (Indoor) | 15.00 m (NR) Annulled | 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) | 6.31 m | Lievin, France | 2006, March 3 |
| Long Jump (Indoor) | 6.85 m Annulled | Peania, Greece | 2008, February 9 |