Konstandinos Kenteris Personal information Nationality  Greece Date of birth July 11, 1973 (1973-07-11) (age 37) Place of birth Mytilene, Greece Sport Sport Running Achievements and titles Personal best(s) 100m: 10.15 200m: 19.85 400m: 45.60 Medal record Competitor for  Greece Men’s Athletics Olympic Games Gold 2000 Sydney 200 m World Championships Gold 2001 Edmonton 200 m European Championships Gold 2002 Munich 200 m Mediterranean Games Gold 1993 Narbonne 400 m Konstandinos Kenderis, also spelled as Konstadinos Kederis (in Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Κεντέρης; born July 11, 1973) is a former Greek athlete. He won gold medals in the 200 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2001 World Championships in Athletics and the 2002 European Championships in Athletics - he withdrew from the 2004 Summer Olympics held in his home country after a doping violation (failed to attend drug-test). Contents 1 Career 2 Conviction 3 Personal bests 4 Achievements 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Career

Born in Mytilene, Kenteris, a student of physical education, started practising athletics at age 10, and started running seriously about ten years later, when he moved to Thessaloniki. Kenteris specialised in the 200 m and 400 m races. It was not until 1999 that Kenteris took part in his first major international tournaments; while he was eliminated in the 400m heats of the indoor world championships he returned that summer as a 200m runner at the outdoor World Championships. Kenteris won his heat # 5, defeating then 100m world record holder Maurice Greene, but did not start the quarter-finals due to injury. As a result, few people had heard of Kenteris when he surprised by qualifying for the 200 m final at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Although defending Olympic champion Michael Johnson and reigning World Champion Greene didn't compete, nobody had included Kenteris in his list of medal favourites, despite his being the fastest European at 200m that summer with a 20.25 seconds from June. But Kenteris raced to the gold medal, denying Britain's Darren Campbell and Ato Boldon of Trinidad and Tobago. In doing so, Kenteris became the first White male to win a 200 meter sprinting medal at the Olympics since Pietro Mennea achieved the feat by winning gold at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

He also won the 200 m title at the 2001 World Championships, after a season where he mostly stayed out of international competition. The following year, Kenteris completed his trilogy by also winning the European title in Munich in 19.85, his personal best. For the 2004 Summer Olympics, Kenteris was one of the hopes of the home crowd for winning a gold medal in athletics, and favourite to light the Olympic flame. However, on the day prior to the Games, Kenteris and his training partner Ekaterini Thanou failed to attend a drug test. While they claimed to have been injured in a motorcycle accident - in a frantic attempt to return to the Olympic village for the test upon hearing the news in the media - an official Greek investigation would later find that the alleged accident had been staged. In the ensuing doping scandal, Kenteris and Thanou announced their withdrawal from the Games on August 18 after a hearing before the Disciplinary Commission of the IOC, for what they described to be "in the interests of the country."

The missed test in Athens was the duo's third violation of the summer and they were consequently suspended by the IAAF on 22 December 2004. In June 2005, however, the athletes were cleared of all charges by the Greek athletics federation. Their coach Christos Tzekos was blamed for the missed tests and suspended for four years, but was cleared on separate allegations of distributing banned substances. After a long legal battle, on June 26, 2006, prior to a final ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the athletes reached an out of court settlement with the IAAF accepting anti-doping rule violations of 3 missed tests between 27 July and 12 August 2004 (in breach of Rule 32.2(d)) and a failure to provide a urine and a blood sample on 12 August 2004 (in breach of Rule 32.2(c)). In return, the more serious charges against them, those of evasion and refusal to provide a sample, were dropped. They have been eligible to compete since 22 December 2006. However, both still faced criminal charges for making false statements to authorities and were to go on trial in November 2009.1 Conviction

On May 9th 2011, Thanou and Kenteris were convicted to 31 months of probation for perjury. The judge declared that the "motor accident at the Olympic Games in reality had never taken place". Personal bests Date Event Venue Time June 23, 2001 100 m Bremen, Germany 10.15 August 9, 2002 200 m Munich, Germany 19.85 July 27, 1998 400 m Thessaloniki, Greece 45.60 Achievements Year Tournament Venue Result Event 1992 IAAF World Junior Championships Seoul, Korea 6th 200 m 2000 2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 1st 200 m 2001 IAAF World Championships Edmonton, Alberta 1st 200 m 2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 1st 200 m 2003 SPAR European Cup Florence, Italy 1st 200 m 2004 Greece National Championships Greece 1st 100 m See also List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences References This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (August 2010) ^ Greek Sprinters' Trial on Hold SI.com, February 5, 2009

Sports Reference External links Official Website IOC decision regarding the cases of Konstantinos Kenteris and Ekatarina Thanou Press release, August 18, 2004 Sporting positions Preceded by Joshua J. Johnson Men's 200 m Best Year Performance alongside Shawn Crawford 2002 Succeeded by Bernard Williams v · d · eOlympic Champions in Men's 200 m 1900: Walter Tewksbury (USA)  · 1904: Archie Hahn (USA)  · 1908: Robert Kerr (CAN)  · 1912: Ralph Craig (USA)  · 1920: Allen Woodring (USA)  · 1924: Jackson Scholz (USA)  · 1928: Percy Williams (CAN)  · 1932: Eddie Tolan (USA)  · 1936: Jesse Owens (USA)  · 1948: Mel Patton (USA)  · 1952: Andy Stanfield (USA)  · 1956: Bobby Morrow (USA)  · 1960: Livio Berruti (ITA)  · 1964: Henry Carr (USA)  · 1968: Tommie Smith (USA)  · 1972: Valeri Borzov (URS)  · 1976: Don Quarrie (JAM)  · 1980: Pietro Mennea (ITA)  · 1984: Carl Lewis (USA)  · 1988: Joe DeLoach (USA)  · 1992: Michael Marsh (USA)  · 1996: Michael Johnson (USA)  · 2000: Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE)  · 2004: Shawn Crawford (USA)  · 2008: Usain Bolt (JAM) v · d · eWorld Champions in Men's 200 m 1983 Calvin Smith · 1987 Calvin Smith · 1991 Michael Johnson · 1993 Frankie Fredericks · 1995 Michael Johnson · 1997 Ato Boldon · 1999 Maurice Greene · 2001 Konstantinos Kenteris · 2003 John Capel · 2005 Justin Gatlin · 2007 Tyson Gay · 2009 Usain Bolt v · d · eEuropean Champions in Men's 200 m

1934: Chris Berger (NED)  • 1938: Tinus Osendarp (NED)  • 1946: Nikolay Karakulov (URS)  • 1950: Brian Shenton (GBR)  • 1954: Heinz Fütterer (FRG)  • 1958: Manfred Germar (FRG)  • 1962: Owe Jonsson (SWE)  • 1966: Roger Bambuck (FRA)  • 1969: Philippe Clerc (SUI)  • 1971: Valeri Borzov (URS)  • 1974: Pietro Mennea (ITA)  • 1978: Pietro Mennea (ITA)  • 1982: Olaf Prenzler (GDR)  • 1986: Vladimir Krylov (URS)  • 1990: John Regis (GBR)  • 1994: Geir Moen (NOR)  • 1998: Douglas Walker (GBR)  • 2002: Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE)  • 2006: Francis Obikwelu (POR)  • 2010: Christophe Lemaitre (FRA) v · d · eMediterranean Champions in Men's 400 m  1949: Antonio Siddi (ITA)  •  1951: Jacques Degats (FRA)  •  1955: Jacques Degats (FRA)  •  1959: Viktor Šnajder (YUG)  •  1963: Michel Hiblot (FRA)  •  1967: Sergio Bello (ITA)  •  1971: Kyriakos Onisiforou (GRE)  •  1975: Josip Alebic (YUG)  •  1979: Francis Demarthon (FRA)  •  1983: Aldo Canti (FRA)  •  1987: Antonio Sánchez (ESP)  •  1991: Olivier Noirot (FRA)  •  1993: Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE)  •  1997: Jean-Louis Rapnouil (FRA)  •  2001: Malik Louahla (ALG)  •  2005: Sofiane Labidi (TUN)  •  2009: Mohamed Khouaja (LBA) Persondata Name Kenteris, Konstantinos Alternative names Short description Date of birth 1973-07-11 Place of birth Mytilene, Greece Date of death Place of death