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 dimitrios chondrokoukis
dimitrios chondrokoukis

dimítrios chondrokoúkis -lrb- ; born january 26 , 1988 in marousi -rrb- is a greek-cypriot high jumper who competes internationally for cyprus , since 2013 .
he won the gold medal at the 2012 word indoor championships in istanbul with a personal best of 2.33 meters representing greece at the time .
his personal best in the outdoor track is 2.32 m , achieved twice in izmir on june 2011 and in the final at the 2011 world championships in athletics in daegu , south korea on 1 september 2011 .
in july 2012 , it was announced chondrokoúkis tested positive for the performance enhancing drug stanozolol , an anabolic steroid .
as a result , he was forced to withdraw from the 2012 summer olympics .
in june 2013 , koeas -lrb- cyprus amateur athletic federation -rrb- announced that chondrokoúkis will represent cyprus , since his mother is from karavas , keryneia , cyprus .
