Sofia Asoumanaki
Sofia Asoumanaki (Greek: Σοφία Ασουμανάκη; born 25 May 1997) is a Greek rower. She was born in Athens, Greece and was involved in swimming between the ages of 2.5 until 16. During that time she competed many times on the national level. At the age of 16 she decided to engage herself in rowing. Within her first year in this sport she achieved fourth place in the World Junior Championship, but also received distinctions and medals in National, Balkan, European and World Championships and in September 2015 she was admitted for participation in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Sofia Asoumanaki is a Greek rower who represented Greece, along with Katerina Nikolaidou at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (Double sculls), finishing in the 4th place.[1] She also won a silver medal in the double sculls at the 2015 World Rowing Championships and the same year won a silver medal in the single sculls at the 2015 Junior World Rowing Championship. Moreover, Sofia Asoumanaki holds the World Indoor Rowing Record[2] in Boston from 2015. After the 2016 Summer Olympics she decided to follow the studies in the University Of Washington in Seattle.[citation needed]
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| Born | 25 May 1997 Rethymno, Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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References edit
- ^ . Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "World Records". Concept2. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
External links edit
- Sofia Asoumanaki at World Rowing
- Sofia Asoumanaki at Olympics.com
- at Olympic.org (archived)
- Sofia Asoumanaki at Olympedia