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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Niki Xanthou is the 4,114th most popular athlete (down from 3,948th in 2019), the 973rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 967th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Greek Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Niki Xanthou ranks 4,114 out of 6,025Before her are Viktor Lőrincz, Anaysi Hernández, Carol Gattaz, Yelena Soboleva, Nadine Müller, and Jesper Nelin. After her are Charity Opara, Kim Graham, Scotty James, James Beckford, Yaime Pérez, and Marie-Laure Brunet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Niki Xanthou ranks 947Before her are René Schneider, Johnny Damon, Mihaela Ciobanu, Viktor Zubarev, Katsuyuki Saito, and Max van Heeswijk. After her are Lorraine Fenton, Mohammed Al-Khojali, Jorge Andrés Boero, Daniel Stephan, Ryuji Fujiyama, and Greg Haughton.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Niki Xanthou ranks 974 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 Demy (1991), Michalis Kakiouzis (1976), Kostas Vasileiadis (1984), Stefanos Kapino (1994), Sofia Bekatorou (1977), and Stratos Perperoglou (1984).

Among ATHLETES In Greece

Among athletes born in Greece, Niki Xanthou ranks 39Before her are Miltiadis Tentoglou (1998), Liu Xin (null), Athanasia Tsoumeleka (1982), Emmanouil Karalis (1999), Alexandros Nikolaidis (1979), and Ioanna Kafetzi (1976). After her are Sofia Bekatorou (1977), Paraskevi Papachristou (1989), Olga Vasdeki (1973), Paraskevi Tsiamita (1972), Periklis Iakovakis (1979), and Emilia Tsoulfa (1973).