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Medal record Women's athletics Competitor for Greece World Championships Bronze 1999 Seville Triple Jump European Championships Gold 1998 Budapest Triple Jump European Indoor Championships Bronze 1996 Stockholm Triple jump Olga Vasdeki (Greek: Όλγα Βασδέκη, [ˈolɣa vazˈðeci], born September 26, 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
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing Greece 1996 European Indoor Championships Stockholm, Sweden 3rd Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 5th 1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 4th 14.62 m Mediterranean Games Bari, Italy 1st 1998 European Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 3rd [1] European Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st 14.55 m World Cup Johannesburg, South Africa 1st 14.64 m (NR) 1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 3rd 14.61 m 2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 7th 14.15 m 2003 World Championships Paris, France 12th 2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 11th 14.34 m Personal bests
Outdoor
- Triple jump - 14.67 m (1999) - fourth among Greek triple jumpers, behind Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Paraskevi Tsiamita and Paraskevi Papahristou [2]
- Long jump - 6.60 m (1998) - tenth among Greek long jumpers [2]
Indoor
- Triple jump - 14.51 m (1999) - third among Greek triple jumpers, only behind Hrysopiyi Devetzi and Paraskevi Tsiamita
References
- IAAF profile for Olga Vasdeki
- ^ European Indoor Championships (Women) - GBR Athletics
- ^ a b Greek all-time list, women - Athletix
European Champions in Women's Triple Jump 1994: Anna Biryukova (RUS) • 1998: Olga Vasdeki (GRE) • 2002: Ashia Hansen (GBR) • 2006: Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) • 2010: Olha Saladukha (UKR)
Mediterranean Champions in Women's Triple Jump 1997: Olga Vasdeki (GRE) • 2001: Baya Rahouli (ALG) • 2005: Baya Rahouli (ALG) • 2009: Athanasia Perra (GRE)
1992: Li Huirong (CHN) • 1994: Anna Biryukova (RUS) • 1998: Olga Vasdeki (GRE) • 2002: Françoise Mbango Etone (CMR) • 2006: Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) • 2010: Olga Rypakova (KAZ)
Categories:- 1973 births
- Living people
- Triple jumpers
- Greek athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Greece
- People from Volos
- Greek athletics biography stubs
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