Eva Dimas

{{Infobox sportsperson

| full_name = Eva María Dimas Fontanals

| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|18 March 1973}}

| birth_place = San Salvador, El Salvador

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | {{ESA}} }}

}}

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.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/eva-dimas-1.html |title=Eva Dimas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418004950/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/eva-dimas-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.iwf.net/anti-doping/sanctioned-athletes/ |title=Sanctioned athletes |website=IWF.net |publisher=International Weightlifting Federation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327032059/http://www.iwf.net/anti-doping/sanctioned-athletes/ |archive-date=27 March 2013 |access-date=2 October 2013}}

References

External links

{{Olympedia|94719|Eva Dimas}}
{{IWRP|14640|Eva Maria Dimas}}
{{IWF|3200|Eva Maria DIMAS FONTANALS}}
{{Olympics.com|eva-maria-dimas-fontanals|Eva Maria DIMAS FONTANALS|org_archive=20201210054525}}

{{succession box

| before = Juan Vargas

| title = Flag bearer for {{ESA}}

| years = Sydney 2000

| after = Evelyn García

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{{succession box

| before = Evelyn García

| title = Flag bearer for {{ESA}}

| years = Beijing 2008

| after = Evelyn García

}}