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. She was the bearer of the Flag of Albania in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics. Since November 2002, she has held a scholarship from the Olympic Solidarity program. She is a four-time Olympic participant having represented Albania at the Olympics in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. She was the 400 metres bronze medalist at the 2005 Mediterranean Games. 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. Competition record References External links Living people 1979 births Albanian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics Sportspeople from Tirana Albanian female sprinters Olympic athletes of Albania Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Albania Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Albania Shala (tribe) Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Olympic female sprinters