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Athanasia Tsoumeleka

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Athanasia Tsoumeleka (Greek: Αθανασία Τσουμελέκα, [aθanaˈsia tsumeˈleka]; born 2 January 1982 in Preveza, Greece) is a Greek race walker, who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She was named the Greek Female Athlete of the Year for 2004. Until 2003 Tsoumeleka was a largely unknown athlete, and she only finished seventh at the World Championships that year. To everybody's great surprise, she won the Olympic gold medal race held in her own country ahead of Russia's Olimpiada Ivanova (silver) and Australia's Jane Saville (bronze). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Athanasia Tsoumeleka is the 4,137th most popular athlete (down from 3,963rd in 2024), the 959th most popular biography from Greece (up from 967th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Greek Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Athanasia Tsoumeleka ranks 4,137 out of 6,025. Before her are Denis Kapustin, Jeff Pain, Yolanda Soler, Carlos Honorato, Sara Kolak, and Mike McFarlane. After her are Melissa Morrison-Howard, Balázs Kiss, Joan Lino Martínez, Lim Su-jeong, Florian Schwarthoff, and Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Athanasia Tsoumeleka ranks 783. Before her are Adam Hann-Byrd, Misato Fukuen, Denni Rocha dos Santos, David Cal, Monia Chokri, and Chelan Simmons. After her are Trine Rønning, Jader Volnei Spindler, Eita Nagayama, Jason Dohring, Tatyana Arntgolts, and Florian Kringe.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Athanasia Tsoumeleka ranks 960 out of 1,024. Before her are Vasilios Kotronias (1964), Peggy Zina (1975), Gianna Terzi (1980), Giorgos Giakoumakis (1994), Giannis Kalitzakis (1966), and Stathis Tavlaridis (1980). After her are Panagiotis Gionis (1980), Stavros Lambrinidis (1962), Frank Klopas (1966), Athena Manoukian (1994), Irene Skliva (1978), and Emmanouil Karalis (1999).

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Among ATHLETES In Greece

Among athletes born in Greece, Athanasia Tsoumeleka ranks 33. Before her are Niki Bakoyianni (1968), Hrysopiyi Devetzi (1976), Katerina Stefanidi (1990), Fani Chalkia (1979), Miltiadis Tentoglou (1998), and Liu Xin (null). After her are Emmanouil Karalis (1999), Alexandros Nikolaidis (1979), Ioanna Kafetzi (1976), Niki Xanthou (1973), Konstadinos Gatsioudis (1973), and Sofia Bekatorou (1977).

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