Angeliki Exarchou

Angeliki Exarchou (Greek: Αγγελική Εξάρχου; born August 19, 1985) is a Greek former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1][2] She represented her nation Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and had also collected a total of four medals (one silver and three bronze) in an international competition, spanning two editions of the Mediterranean Games (2005 and 2009). Exarchou also dipped under a 1:10 barrier to set a Greek record of 1:08.99 in the 100 m breaststroke at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy.[3]

Angeliki Exarchou
Personal information
Full nameAngeliki Exarchou
National team Greece
Born (1985-08-19) 19 August 1985
Trikala, Greece
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubOlympiakos Athina[1]
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Greece
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pescara 100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Almería 100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Pescara 200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Pescara 4×100 m medley

Exarchou competed as part of the Greek squad in a breaststroke double at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she cleared FINA B-standard entry times of 1:09.35 (100 m breaststroke) and 2:30.05 (200 m breaststroke) at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand.[4][5] In the 100 m breaststroke, Exarchou raced her steady stretch to sixth place and thirtieth overall by two hundredths of a second (0.02) behind Turkey's Dilara Buse Günaydın in 1:10.47.[6] Three days later, in the 200 m breaststroke, Exarchou closed out the field in heat three to last and thirty-ninth overall by nearly ten seconds behind Belarus' two-time Olympian Inna Kapishina in 2:36.83. failing to advance to the semifinals.[7][8]

References
  1. "Angeliki Exarchou". Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on 10 September 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Angeliki Exarchou". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  3. "Mediterranean Games: Federica Pellegrini Edges World Record in 400 Free; Ous Mellouli Doubles With African Record". Swimming World Magazine. 27 June 2009. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  4. "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 100m Breaststroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 68. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  5. "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 200m Breaststroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 71. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  6. "Swimming: Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 4". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  7. "Swimming: Women's 200m Breaststroke Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  8. πρόσθιο: 38η στις 40 η Εξάρχου [Swimming: Exarchou finished 38th out of 40 swimmers in the 200m breaststroke] (in Greek). Ethnos.gr. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2015.


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