Klodiana Shala

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Klodiana Shala

Personal information
Nationality	Albanian
Born	(1979-08-22) 22 August 1979 (age 44) Tirana, Albania
Education	Athletics teaching
Years active	1997–2012
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Albania Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería 400m

Klodiana Shala (born 22 August 1979 in Tirana) is an Albanian track and field athlete who competes in the 200 metres and 400 metres sprints. Her personal bests are 23.27 and 52.86 seconds, respectively.

Klodiana Shala was the first athlete to qualify Albania for the final of a European athletics championship, in Gothenburg 2006. ^[1]

She is a four-time Olympic participant having represented Albania at the Olympics in 2000, 2004 (where she was also the flagbearer), 2008 and 2012.

Since November 2002, she has held a scholarship from the Olympic Solidarity program.

She was the 400 metres bronze medalist at the 2005 Mediterranean Games.

In recognition of her career and contributions to sports, Klodiana Shala was awarded the title of Grand Master (Mjeshtër i Madh) by the Albanian President in 2016.^[2]

On 19 February 2020 the International Olympic Committee announced that the sample taken from Shala at the 2012 Olympic Games contained the banned doping substance of stanozolol.^[3]

Shala is the national record holder in the 60m, 100m, 200m, 400m, and 400m steeplechase events.