Dimitrios Chondrokoukis

Who is Dimitrios Chondrokoukis?

Dimítrios Chondrokoúkis is a Cypriot high jumper who competes internationally for Cyprus. 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 announced that Chondrokoúkis will represent Cyprus, since his mother is from Karavas, Keryneia, Cyprus.