Mirela Manjani

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Medal record
Mirela Manjani
Women’s Athletics
Competitor for Greece
Olympic Games
Silver	2000 Sydney	Javelin
Bronze	2004 Athens	Javelin
World Championships
Gold	1999 Seville	Javelin
Gold	2003 Paris	Javelin
Silver	2001 Edmonton	Javelin
European Championships
Gold	2002 Munich	Javelin

Mirela Manjani (Greek: Μιρέλα Μανιάνι, IPA: [miˈrela maˈɲani], 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^{[citation needed]} and she represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She then married Albanian weightlifter George Tzelili (born in Albania, Gjergj Xhelili) in 1997. She then 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
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	12th
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	11th
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