Anastasios "Tasos" Gousis (, born 7 July 1979) is a

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sprint

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. He was born in

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. He competed in the 200 m and 400 m in the

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, but did not progress further from the heats in either event. At the

2004 Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

he made the semi-finals in the 200 m and competed for Greece in the 4 × 400 m relay. He finished eighth in the 200 m final at the

2006 European Athletics Championships The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Champions ...

and at the 2007 World Championships. He was tested positive for methyltrienolone in his A-sample on 4 August 2008, before the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

, and was called back to Greece, pending the results of his B-sample. He received an IAAF suspension from August 2008 to August 2010.

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1979 births Living people Greek male sprinters Olympic athletes for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Corfu World Athletics Championships athletes for Greece Doping cases in athletics Greek sportspeople in doping cases 21st-century Greek people {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub