EL LATIF Aikaterini

Greece
Cycling Road
10 May 1982
39
Female
T2
GREECE

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
CRD Cycling Road Women's T1-2 Road Race 6
Women's T1-2 Time Trial 11

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Fuji International Speedway
Women's T1-2 Time Trial
Finished
Fuji International Speedway
Women's T1-2 Road Race
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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CYCLING ROAD
RankEventYearLocation
Road World Championships
4Women's T2 - Road Race2021Cascais, POR
5Women's T2 - Time Trial2021Cascais, POR
6Women's T2 - Road Race2019Emmen, NED
7Women's T2 - Time Trial2019Emmen, NED
8Women's C2 - Road Race2018Maniago, ITA
8C2 Time Trial2018Maniago, ITA

ATHLETICS
RankEventYearLocationResult
European Championships
4Shot Put - F352018Berlin, GER6.18
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Athlete
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Agricultural Studies - ATEI Kalamatas, Greece
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One son
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Greek
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Castellani ParaSports [Greece]
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Aris Mavropoulos
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She has represented Greece in both Para cycling and Para athletics, and placed fourth in the F35 shot put at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. (IPC, 31 Dec 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 23 Aug 2021)
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She took up various sports in 2007 and decided to focus on athletics in 2009. In 2016 she took up Para cycling, and began competing in the sport in 2018. (Instagram profile, 04 Aug 2021; stathopoulost.com, 12 Sep 2018; ontherecord.gr, 01 Apr 2017)
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"I wanted to be active with kids my age, but doctors were adamant that I could not. I loved sports, but I was not allowed to practise them. But then, when I had begun walking long distances to improve my stamina, one morning I passed the offices of the National Sports Federation for Persons with Disabilities. I went in out of curiosity and thought, 'Why don't I try?' Since then I haven't stopped." (Instagram profile, 04 Aug 2021; stathopoulost.com, 12 Sep 2018)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 04 Aug 2021)
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Athletics coach Nektarios Gialourakis and cycling coach Aris Mavropoulos. (stathopoulost.com, 12 Sep 2018; ontherecord.gr, 01 Apr 2017)
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"When I was little I used to say, 'I can't' to my father many times. He used to say to me, 'No, you don't want to'. He was so right. In order to achieve our goals we have to take one step at a time." (stathopoulost.com, 12 Sep 2018)

General Interest

Classification
T2 (UCI, 23 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Cerebral Palsy (ereportaz.gr, 10 Jun 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (ereportaz.gr, 10 Jun 2019)

Impairment Details
She was born with cerebral palsy. (ereportaz.gr, 10 Jun 2019)

General
EARLY DAYS
When she was a child her father had health issues and her mother struggled with mental illness. She and her sister grew up in a children's institution in Greece. "My parents had some financial and serious health issues. My dad lost his kidney and had to go for a transplant, and my mum had serious psychological problems, and she was forced to let us grow up in an institution. She actually left us the opportunity to grow up normally and have a better life, because she was unable to provide those for us. That was what I believe happened. At the institution we grew up with comforts and love. With all the kids we became friends and we had beautiful years of our adolescence. It was full of love, laughter and games." (ereportaz.gr, 10 Jun 2019)

ATHLETICS AND CYCLING
She has competed in both Para athletics and Para cycling at elite level. "I love every sport that I've practised. Both athletics and cycling are two difficult sports to build endurance, improvement and technique. But I think cycling suits me the most. I feel free and complete at the same time." (stathopoulost.com, 12 Sep 2018; ontherecord.gr, 01 Apr 2017)

INSTRUCTOR
She is a licensed instructor in power cycling in Greece. (Facebook profile, 20 May 2021; theconceptfitness.com, 01 Jan 2019; stathopoulost.com, 12 Sep 2018)

Legend
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