Despina Zapounidou (; born 5 October 1985 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek race walker.Sports Reference profile She competed in the 20 kilometres event at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. She holds two Greek records: 1:37:40.59 hours for the 20,000 m track walk and 12:35.16 minutes for the 3000 m indoor walk.
As a junior athlete, she was 12th in the 10,000 m track walk at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics and fifth in the 10 km road walk at the 2004 IAAF World Race Walking Cup. She entered the senior 20 km event at the 2006 and 2008 Race Walking Cup but failed to finish on both occasions. She also failed to finish at the 2005 Universiade and the 2013 European Race Walking Cup.
From 2017 to 2021, Zapounidou served a four-year competition ban for violating anti-doping regulations.
Competition record Representing 2004World Race Walking Cup (U20)Naumburg, Germany5th10 km49:00World Junior ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy12th10,000m49:18.932006World Race Walking CupA Coruña, Spain —20 kmDNF2007European U23 ChampionshipsDebrecen, Hungary5th20 km walk1:35:422008World Race Walking CupCheboksary, Russia —20 kmDNFOlympic GamesBeijing, China40th20 km walk1:39:112012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom44th20 km walk1:35.192013European Race Walking CupDudince, Slovakia —20 kmDNF2014European ChampionshipsZurich, Switzerland20th20 km walk1:34.03
References
External links