SPANAKI Ariadne Paraskevi

13 Mar 2001
20
Female
1.60/5'2''
ATTIKI
 
Greece

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SAL Sailing Women's Two Person Dinghy - 470 15

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Enoshima
Finished
Followed by
Enoshima
Finished
Enoshima
Finished
Followed by
Enoshima
Finished
Zushi
Finished
Followed by
Zushi
Finished
Zushi
Finished
Followed by
Zushi
Finished
Zushi
Finished
Followed by
Zushi
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Class World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
184702021Vilamoura, POR
354702019Enoshima, JPN

Class European Championships
RankEventYearLocation
94702021Hyeres, FRA
304702019Sanremo, ITA
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Travel, playing the piano. (Facebook profile, 04 Apr 2021)
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Athlete
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Marine Engineering - National Technical University of Athens, Greece
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English, French, German, Greek
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Piraeus Sailing Club [Greece]
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Andreas Papadopoulos
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Her brother Odysseas has represented the Piraeus Sailing Club in Greece. (istioploia.sports3.gr, 13 Mar 2021; 420sailing.org, 25 Mar 2019)
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She began sailing at age seven. (World Sailing profile, 01 Jan 2019)
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Her parents were both sailors. They first introduced her to swimming but after trying sailing at a local club, she immediately took to the sport. (istioploia.sports3.gr, 13 Mar 2021)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 24 Apr 2021)
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Greek sailor Emilia Tsoulfa. (istioploia.sports3.gr, 13 Mar 2021)

General Interest

General
CREWMATE
She began sailing in the 470 class with Emilia Tsoulfa in November 2019. Tsoulfa will be age 48 at Tokyo 2020 and is seeking her second Olympic gold medal in the 470 class, having won her first at the 2004 Games in Athens with Sofia Bekatorou when Spanaki was only three years old. "Both of them [Tsoulfa and Bekatorou] were my role models in sailing and when my coach told me that I would be with Emilia on the boat, I was very excited! It really is the best thing that could have happened to me. As a younger person, I am more explosive, but there are a lot of decisions that require experience. Our 'package' has it all. She could be my mother by age," Spanaki said. (istioploia.sports3.gr, 13 Mar 2021)

FUTURE PLANS
She has studied for a degree in naval architecture and marine engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. "I cannot think of doing something away from the sea. I want to deal with the design of ships." (Instagram profile, 24 Apr 2021; istioploia.sports3.gr, 13 Mar 2021)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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