title: Eva Dimas
text: # Eva Dimas
  
  Eva María Dimas Fontanals (born 18 March 1973 in San Salvador) is a retired female athlete and weightlifter from El Salvador.
  
  ## Biography
  
  She competed for her native Central American country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. 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.
  
  