Kalliopi Araouzou

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Kalliopi Araouzou
Personal information
Full nameKalliopi Araouzou
Nickname(s)Kelly
National team Greece
Born (1991-03-06) March 6, 1991 (age 30)
Marousi, Greece[1]
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubOlympiacos
Medal record
Women's open water swimming
Representing Greece
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Barcelona Team open water
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan 5 km open water
European Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2014 Berlin Team open water
European Open Water Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Balatonfüred Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Balatonfüred 5 km open water
Silver medal – second place 2012 Piombino Team open water
Silver medal – second place 2012 Piombino 5 km open water

Kalliopi "Kelly" Araouzou (born 6 March 1991) is a Greek competitive swimmer. She participates in the open water events.

Career[]

In 2010, she won the gold medal in the team event at the European Open Water Championships in Balatonfüred alongside her teammates Spyridon Gianniotis and Antonios Fokaidis.[2] She won the silver medal at the same tournament in the women's 5 km event behind .[3]

She won the bronze medal in the 10 km event at the 2011 World Cup race in Setúbal.[4] Another two silver medals followed at the 2012 European Open Water Championships in Piombino, the 5 km individual and in the team event alongside and .[5][6]

Her first medal at a World Championship she won in the Team event at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona. This time again alongside teammates Spyridon Gianniotis and Antonios Fokaidis claiming the silver medal.[7]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 10 km open water event. She finished 11th with a time of 1:57:31.6.[8]

In 2019, she competed in the women's 5 km and women's 10 km events at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea.[9][10] In the 5 km event she finished in 19th place and in the 10 km event she finished in 37th place.[9][10]

References[]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kalliopi Araouzou". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ Swimming - European Open Water Championships 2010 Team event
  3. ^ Swimming - European Open Water Championships 2010 Women's 5km Open water
  4. ^ Swimming - Marathon Swimming World Cup Setubal 2011
  5. ^ Swimming - European Open Water Championships 2012 Women's 5km Open Water
  6. ^ Swimming - European Open Water Championships 2012 Team event
  7. ^ 2013 FINA World Aquatics Championships Open Water Team Event
  8. ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  9. ^ a b "Women's 5 km" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Women's 10 km" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
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