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Niki Xanthou

1973 - Today

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Niki Xanthou (Greek: Νίκη Ξάνθου, [ˈnici ˈksanθu], born 11 October 1973 in Rhodes) is a Greek long jumper. Xanthou set nine national records in long jump during her career. Her personal best, and national record, is 7.03 metres, achieved in August 1997 in Bellinzona. At the age of 22 she gave an impressive performance in the Olympic games final in Atlanta, in which she took the 4th place with 6.97 m. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Niki Xanthou is the 4,442nd most popular athlete (down from 3,903rd in 2024), the 982nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 965th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Greek Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Niki Xanthou ranks 4,442 out of 6,025Before her are Anaysi Hernández, José Luis Ballester, Carol Gattaz, Yelena Soboleva, Nadine Müller, and Jesper Nelin. After her are Charity Opara, Kim Graham, Scotty James, Angelika Neuner, James Beckford, and Ruslana Taran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Niki Xanthou ranks 1,065Before her are Mihaela Ciobanu, Lori Heuring, Chelah Horsdal, Viktor Zubarev, Katsuyuki Saito, and Max van Heeswijk. After her are Mel Rodriguez, Mark Zabel, Lorraine Fenton, Paavo Puurunen, Mohammed Al-Khojali, and Jorge Andrés Boero.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Niki Xanthou ranks 983 out of 1,024Before her are Georgios Papagiannis (1997), Elena Tsagrinou (1994), Kostas Antetokounmpo (1997), Paraskevas Antzas (1976), Andreas Glyniadakis (1981), and Alexis Alexandris (1968). After her are Julia Alexandratou (1985), Demy (1991), Michalis Kakiouzis (1976), Kostas Vasileiadis (1984), Stefanos Kapino (1994), and Konstadinos Gatsioudis (1973).

Among ATHLETES In Greece

Among athletes born in Greece, Niki Xanthou ranks 37Before her are Miltiadis Tentoglou (1998), Liu Xin (null), Athanasia Tsoumeleka (1982), Emmanouil Karalis (1999), Alexandros Nikolaidis (1979), and Ioanna Kafetzi (1976). After her are Konstadinos Gatsioudis (1973), Sofia Bekatorou (1977), Paraskevi Papachristou (1989), Olga Vasdeki (1973), Paraskevi Tsiamita (1972), and Ekaterini Voggoli (1970).