Eleni Donta-Bali (; born 17 June 1980 in

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) is a Greek marathon runner. Donta represented

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at the

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, where she competed for the women's marathon. She finished the race in sixtieth place by eighteen seconds ahead of Mexico's

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and Colombia's

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, with a time of 2:46:44.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Living people 1980 births Greek female marathon runners Greek female long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Lamia (city) 21st-century Greek sportswomen {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub