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Ekaterini Thanou was born on 1 February, 1975 in Athens, Greece, is a Greek sprinter. Discover Ekaterini Thanou's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 49 years old?

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Age 49 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 1 February, 1975
Birthday 1 February
Birthplace Athens, Greece
Nationality Greece

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Ekaterini Thanou Height, Weight & Measurements

At 49 years old, Ekaterini Thanou height is 1.65m and Weight 56 kg.

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Height 1.65m
Weight 56 kg
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Dating & Relationship status

She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.

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Ekaterini Thanou Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Ekaterini Thanou worth at the age of 49 years old? Ekaterini Thanou’s income source is mostly from being a successful Sprinter. She is from Greece. We have estimated Ekaterini Thanou's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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Source of Income Sprinter

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1923

However, all of this became moot on 9 August 2008, when the executive board of the IOC decided to bar Thanou from competing under rule 23.2.1 of the Olympic charter.

This rule allows the banning of athletes who are thought to be guilty of improper conduct or bringing the games into disrepute.

Thanou claimed that she faced "intense pressure" to withdraw from the Beijing Olympics, four years after being involved in a major doping controversy at the Athens Games.

Thanou qualified for the Beijing Games, and although she had threatened to sue Jacques Rogge, the IOC president, she was finally denied permission to participate.

1975

Ekaterini Thanou (Αικατερίνη Θάνου, ; born 1 February 1975), also known as Katerina Thanou, is a Greek former sprinter.

2000

She won numerous medals in the 100 metres, including an Olympic silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, while she was the 2002 European champion in Munich, Germany.

She had also been crowned world and European champion in the 60 metres at the indoor championships.

Following the revelations about Marion Jones's use of steroids, Thanou, who finished 2nd behind Jones in the 100 m at Sydney 2000, was in line to be awarded the American's gold medal, but due to Thanou's own tainted record the IOC, after two years of deliberation, opted to punish Jones without rewarding Thanou.

Jones' gold medal was withdrawn but was withheld by the IOC, Thanou remaining a silver medallist.

2004

For the 2004 Summer Olympics, Thanou was one of the main hopes of the home crowd for winning an athletics medal.

However, on the day prior to the opening ceremony, Thanou and her training partner Konstantinos Kenteris failed to attend a drugs test, and later the same night were hospitalised, claiming they had both been injured in a motorcycle accident.

In the ensuing doping scandal, Kenteris and Thanou announced their withdrawal from the Games on 18 August after a hearing before the Disciplinary Commission of the IOC, for what they described to be "in the interests of the country."

An official Greek investigation into their alleged accident ruled that it had been staged and the pair were criminally charged with making false statements to authorities.

The missed test in Athens was the duo's third violation of the summer and they were consequently provisionally suspended by the IAAF on 22 December 2004.

2005

In June 2005, however, the athletes were cleared of all charges by the Greek athletics federation.

Their coach Christos Tsekos was blamed for the missed tests and suspended for four years, but was cleared on separate allegations of distributing banned substances.

2006

After a long legal battle, on 26 June 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.

On her return to international competition at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham, England, she was booed by the crowds before finishing sixth in the final of 60 metres with 7.26.

2007

In 2007, Marion Jones, who won in the 100 metres at the 2000 Olympics leaving Thanou in the second place, admitted that she had used steroids and her gold medal was withdrawn by the International Olympic Committee, but was not reallocated to Thanou due to the fact that she was also involved in doping.

2008

Thanou was provisionally selected by the Hellenic Olympic Committee to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

She had not achieved the Olympic 'A' standard (11.32 seconds), but as no other Greek woman had achieved this, she was selected as part of the team.

2009

Thanou was tried in 2009 for making false statements to police, to avoid a doping test, on the eve of the 2004 Athens Olympics.

2011

On 9 May 2011, Thanou and Kenteris were convicted of perjury and received suspended sentences of 31 months against which they immediately appealed.

The judge declared that the "motor accident at the Olympic Games in reality had never taken place".

On 6 September 2011, the Guardian newspaper reported that Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou had been acquitted by a Greek appeals court of faking a motorcycle crash after missing a drugs test.