Anna Verouli | |
Birth Place: | Kavala, Greece |
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Anna Verouli (el|Άννα Βερούλη, born November 13, 1956) is a retired Greek javelin thrower. She was born in Kavala.[1]
Anna Verouli won the gold medal at the 1982 European Athletics Championships, and a bronze medal at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics.[2] She won two gold medals in the Mediterranean Games in 1983 and 1991, in 1987, she won a silver medal.[3]
She was named the Greek Female Athlete of the Year for 1982 and 1983.
Verouli tested positive for nandrolone at the 1984 Summer Olympics and was banned from the competition.[4]
She was married to weightlifter Ioannis Tsintsaris.
Representing | |||||
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1982 | European Championships | Athens, Greece | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 70.02 m |
1983 | Mediterranean Games | Casablanca, Morocco | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 61.62 m |
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | 65.72 m | ||
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | - | DSQ | |
1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 10th | 57.06 m | ||
1987 | Mediterranean Games | Latakia, Syria | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 58.92 m |
World Championships | Rome, Italy | 13th (q) | |||
1988 | Balkan Games | Ankara, Turkey | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 68,76 m |
Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 19th (q) | 58.52 m | ||
1989 | Balkan Games | Serres, Greece | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 65,58 m |
1990 | Balkan Games | Istanbul, Turkey | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 64,92 m |
Split, Yugoslavia | 8th | 59.32 m | |||
1991 | Athens, Greece | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 60.34 m | |
World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 10th | |||
1992 | Barcelona, Spain | 21st (q) | 56.96 m |