Eva Dimas

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

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 nameEva María Dimas Fontanals
Born18 March 1973 (1973-03-18) (age 51)
San Salvador, El Salvador
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  El Salvador
Pan American Games
2003 Santo Domingo – 69 kg
1999 Winnipeg – 69 kg
2007 Rio de Janeiro – 75 kg
Central American and Caribbean Games
2006 Cartagena + 75 kg

Biography

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]

References
  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.


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