Kalliopi Araouzou

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

Kalliopi Araouzou
Personal information
Full nameKalliopi Araouzou
Nickname(s)Kelly
National team Greece
Born (1991-03-06) March 6, 1991
Marousi, Greece[1]
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubOlympiacos

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 Ekaterina Seliverstova.[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 Marios Kalafatis and Georgios Arniakos.[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]

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.


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