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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Athanasia Tsoumeleka is the 3,895th most popular athlete (up from 4,008th in 2019), the 951st most popular biography from Greece (up from 969th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Greek Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Athanasia Tsoumeleka ranks 3,895 out of 6,025. Before her are David Cal, Ku Bon-chan, Denis Kapustin, Yolanda Soler, Sara Kolak, and Mike McFarlane. After her are Melissa Morrison-Howard, Balázs Kiss, Joan Lino Martínez, Lim Su-jeong, Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, and Gloria Kemasuode.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Athanasia Tsoumeleka ranks 751. Before her are Chris Vermeulen, Adam Hann-Byrd, 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 952 out of 1,024. Before her are Eleftherios Petrounias (1990), Anastasios Sidiropoulos (1979), Vasilios Kotronias (1964), Gianna Terzi (1980), Giorgos Giakoumakis (1994), and Stathis Tavlaridis (1980). After her are Panagiotis Gionis (1980), Stavros Lambrinidis (1962), Frank Klopas (1966), Athena Manoukian (1994), Emmanouil Karalis (1999), and Vasilis Dimitriadis (1966).

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Among ATHLETES In Greece

Among athletes born in Greece, Athanasia Tsoumeleka ranks 35. 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), Sofia Bekatorou (1977), and Paraskevi Papachristou (1989).

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