Nikolaos Kaklamanakis

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Men's Sailing
Olympic medal record
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Windsurfing-Mistral
Silver	2004 Athens	Windsurfing-Mistral

Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (Greek: Νίκος Κακλαμανάκης) is the Greek Gold-medal winner who lit the Olympic torch in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was born in Athens on August 19, 1968.

One of the most popular athletes in Greece, Nikolaos Kaklamanakis is a three-time Mistral class windsurfing world champion and a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Sailing. He won silver in the event at the 2003 World Championships in Cadiz, Spain, behind Przemek Miarczynski of Poland. In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Kaklamanakis took the silver medal behind Gal Fridman of Israel.

[edit] Selected achievements

Medal	Event	Year
Gold	European Championship (Mistral)	1994
Bronze	IMCO World Championship	1995
Gold	Australasian Championship (Mistral)	1995
Gold	IMCO World Championship	1996
Gold	Atlanta Olympics	1996
Gold	Athens EUROLYMP	1998
Gold	Mistral World Championship	2000
Bronze	International ASA Windsurfing Championship	2001
Gold	Mistral World Championship	2001
Silver	ISAF World Championship	2003
Silver	Athens Olympics	2004

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Preceded by 1980 USA Men's Ice Hockey Team Salt Lake City 2002	Final Olympic Torchbearer Nikolaos Kaklamanakis Athens 2004	Succeeded by Stefania Belmondo Torino 2006