Anastasios Gousis

Anastasios Gousis

Gousis finishing 8th in Osaka, 2007.
Personal information
Born	7 July 1979
Sport
Country	Greece
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	200 metres, 400 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	20.11 sec, 21.08 sec (i), 45.55 sec, 46.73 sec (i)

Anastasios "Tasos" Gousis (Greek: Αναστάσιος "Τάσος" Γκούσης, born 7 July 1979) is a Greek sprint athlete.

He was born in Corfu.^[1]

He competed in the 200 m and 400 m in the 2000 Olympics, but did not progress further from the heats in either event. At the 2004 Olympics he made the semi-finals in the 200 m and competed for Greece in the 4x400 m relay.^[1]

He finished eighth in the 200 m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and at the 2007 World Championships.^[1]

He was tested positive for methyltrienolone in his A-sample on 4 August 2008, before the 2008 Summer Olympics, and was called back to Greece, pending the results of his B-sample. He received an IAAF suspension from August 2008 to August 2010.^[2]

Honours

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Greece
1999	European U23 Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	10th (sf)	400m	46.61
			8th	4x100 m relay	39.98
			6th	4x400 m relay	3:06.81
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	18th (h)	4x400 m relay	3:06.50
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	6th	4x400 m relay	3:04.26
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	6th	4x400 m relay	3:02.56
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	11th (sf)	200 m	20.68
			12th (sf)	4x400 m relay	3:04.27 SB
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	8th	200 m	20.94
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	8th	200 m	20.75

References

1. Anastasios Gousis profile at IAAF
2. "Doping Rule Violation". IAAF.org. 13 November 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2008.