- Nikolaos Kaklamanakis
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Olympic medal record Competitor for Greece Men's Sailing Gold 1996 Atlanta Windsurfing-Mistral Silver 2004 Athens Windsurfing-Mistral Nikolaos "Nikos" Kaklamanakis (Greek: Νικόλαος Κακλαμανάκης, born August 19, 1968 in Athens) is the Greek Gold-medal winner who lit the Olympic torch in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
One of the most popular athletes in Greece, Nikolaos Kaklamanakis is a three-time Mistral class windsurfing world champion and a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Sailing. He won silver in the event at the 2003 World Championships in Cádiz, Spain, behind Przemek Miarczynski of Poland. In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Kaklamanakis took the silver medal behind Gal Fridman of Israel. Four years later, in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games he finished 6th in the RS:X Men Sailing Race.
Selected achievements
Medal Event Year Gold European Championship (Mistral) 1994 Bronze IMCO World Championship 1995 Gold Australasian Championship (Mistral) 1995 Gold IMCO World Championship 1996 Gold Atlanta Olympics 1996 Gold Athens EUROLYMP 1998 Gold Mistral World Championship 2000 Bronze International ASA Windsurfing Championship 2001 Gold Mistral World Championship 2001 Silver ISAF World Championship 2003 Silver Athens Olympics 2004 External links
Olympic Games Preceded by
Cathy FreemanFinal Summer Olympic Torchbearer
Athens 2004Succeeded by
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