Mirela Manjani

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Olympic medal record
Women's athletics
Silver	2000 Sydney	Javelin
Bronze	2004 Athens	Javelin

Mirela Manjani (Greek: Μιρέλα Μανιάνι, born December 21, 1976 in Durrës, Albania) is a Greek javelin thrower.

She won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with a personal best of 67.51 m, and the bronze medal in 2004. She is also a European champion and double world champion. Her personal best throw of 67.51 metres is the current Greek record.^[1]

Born in Albania, she is of Albanian origin and she represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She then married Greek weightlifter George Tzelili (born in Albania as member of the Greek minority, Jorgo Xhelili) in 1997. Thereby she became a Greek citizen. She was known as Mirela Manjani-Tzelili until 2002, when she divorced George Tzelili.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1995	European Junior Championships	Nyíregyháza, Hungary	2nd
1999	World Championships	Sevilla, Spain	1st
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	2nd	67.51 NR
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	2nd
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	1st
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	1st
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	3rd

[edit] References

• IAAF profile for Mirela Manjani
• http://wwnet.fi/users/veijone/manjani.htm

1. ^ Greek all-time list, women - Athletix