Anastásios Goúsis
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Anastasios "Tasos" Gousis is a Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 sprint athlete.

He was born in Corfu
Corfu (city)
Corfu is a city and a former municipality on the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Corfu, of which it is a municipal unit. It is the capital of the island and of the Corfu regional unit. The city also serves as a capital...

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He competed in the 200 m and 400 m in the 2000 Olympics, but did not progress out of 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.

He finished eighth in the 200 m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and in the 200 m at the 2007 World Championships
2007 World Championships in Athletics
The 11th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007...

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He tested positive for methyltrienolone in his A-sample on 4 August 2008, before the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

, and was called back to Greece, pending the results of his B-sample. He received an IAAF suspension from August 2008 to August 2010.
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