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Salvadoran weightlifter (born 1973)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Dimas and the second or maternal family name is Fontanals.

Eva Dimas

Personal information
Full name Eva María Dimas Fontanals
Born 18 March 1973 (1973-03-18) (age 52)San Salvador, El Salvador
Medal record Women's weightlifting Representing El Salvador Pan American Games Silver medal – second place 2003 Santo Domingo – 69 kg Bronze medal – third place 1999 Winnipeg – 69 kg Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rio de Janeiro – 75 kg Central American and Caribbean Games Silver medal – second place 2006 Cartagena + 75 kg

Eva María Dimas Fontanals (born 18 March 1973 in San Salvador) is a retired female athlete and weightlifter from El Salvador.

She competed for her native Central American country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000.[1]

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.[2]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eva Dimas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Sanctioned athletes". IWF.net. International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
Olympic Games
Preceded byJuan Vargas Flag bearer for El Salvador Sydney 2000 Succeeded byEvelyn García
Olympic Games
Preceded byEvelyn García Flag bearer for El Salvador Beijing 2008 Succeeded byEvelyn García