Eva Dimas

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Dimas and the second or maternal family name is Fontanals.

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

Eva Dimas

Personal information
Full name	Eva María Dimas Fontanals
Born	18 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.

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.

External links

• Eva Dimas at Olympedia
• Eva Maria Dimas at the International Weightlifting Results Project
• Eva Maria DIMAS FONTANALS at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Eva Maria DIMAS FONTANALS at Olympics.com
• Eva Maria DIMAS FONTANALS at Olympic.org (archived)