Olga Vasdeki Explained

Birth Date:1973 9, df=yes
Sport:Athletics
Event:Triple jump
Long jump
Pb:14.67 m, 14.51 m (i)
6.60 m

Olga Vasdeki (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Όλγα Βασδέκη, in Greek, Modern (1453-); pronounced as /ˈolɣa vazˈðeci/, born 26 September 1973 in Volos) is a Greek triple jumper.

She was the most successful Greek triple jumper and Greek record holder until 1998, when she won the gold medal at the European Championships in Budapest, being at the time just the second female Greek athlete to be crowned European Champion after Anna Verouli in 1982. The following year she won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Seville behind Paraskevi Tsiamita and Yamile Aldama. She is the younger sister of long jumper Spyridon Vasdekis.

Achievements

Representing
1996European Indoor ChampionshipsStockholm, Sweden3rd
Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States5th
1997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece4th14.62 m
Mediterranean GamesBari, Italy1st
1998European Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain4th14.29 m[1] [2] [3]
European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary1st14.55 m
World CupJohannesburg, South Africa1st14.64 m NR
1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain3rd14.61 m
2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia7th14.15 m
2003World ChampionshipsParis, France12th
2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece11th14.34 m

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/eiw.htm European Indoor Championships (Women)
  2. Web site: Ο αρχΑγγελος της ταχύτητας. 24 November 2008.
  3. Web site: Στίβος - Onsports.gr.