Eva María Dimas Fontanals (born 18 March 1973 in San Salvador) is a retired female

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and

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from

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Biography

She competed for her native

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n country in three consecutive

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, starting in 2000. Dimas is a niece of

Valerio Fontanals Valerio Fontanals (born 21 August 1948) is a Salvadoran weightlifter. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games ...

. She carried the flag for El Salvador at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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. Previously Dimas competed as a

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er, finishing in 31st place at the 1995 World Championships. Dimas tested positive for the banned steroid

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in June 2009 and was banned from competing for two years.

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* * * * 1973 births Living people Salvadoran female discus throwers Salvadoran female weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for El Salvador Weightlifters at the 1999 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2003 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2007 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from San Salvador Pan American Games silver medalists for El Salvador Pan American Games bronze medalists for El Salvador Doping cases in weightlifting Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for El Salvador Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games World Athletics Championships athletes for El Salvador Central American Games gold medalists for El Salvador Central American Games medalists in athletics Central American Games bronze medalists for El Salvador Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games {{ElSalvador-athletics-bio-stub