Eva Dimas Explained

Full Name:	Eva María Dimas Fontanals
Birth Place:	San Salvador, El Salvador

Eva María Dimas Fontanals (born 18 March 1973 in San Salvador) is a retired female athlete and weightlifter from El Salvador.

Biography

She competed for her native Central American country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000.^[1]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she competed in the women's 75 kilograms weightlifting event, finishing in the 11th place.

Dimas is a niece of Valerio Fontanals. She carried the flag for El Salvador at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.

Previously Dimas competed as a discus thrower, finishing in 31st place at the 1995 World Championships.

Dimas tested positive for the banned steroid Nandrolone in June 2009 and was banned from competing for two years.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Eva Dimas . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418004950/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/eva-dimas-1.html . 18 April 2020.
2. Web site: Sanctioned athletes . IWF.net . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130327032059/http://www.iwf.net/anti-doping/sanctioned-athletes/ . 27 March 2013 . 2 October 2013.