Olga Vasdeki

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Medal record
Women's athletics
World Championships
Bronze	1999 Seville	Triple jump
European Championships
Gold	1998 Budapest	Triple jump
European Indoor Championships
Bronze	1996 Stockholm	Triple jump

Olga Vasdeki (Greek: Όλγα Βασδέκη, IPA: [ˈolɣa vazˈðeci], born September 26, 1973 in Volos) is a Greek triple jumper.

She was the most successful greek triple jumper and Greek record holder until 1998, when she won the gold medal at the European Championships in Budapest, being at the time just the second female greek athlete to be crowned Europen Champion after Anna Verouli in 1982. The following year she won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Seville behind Paraskevi Tsiamita and Yamile Aldama. She is the younger sister of long jumper Spiridon Vasdekis.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1996	European Indoor Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	3rd
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	5th
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	4th
	Mediterranean Games	Bari, Italy	1st
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	3rd	[1]
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st
	World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	1st
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	3rd
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	7th
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	12th
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	11th

[edit] Personal bests

Outdoor

• Triple jump - 14.67 m (1999) - third among Greek triple jumpers, only behind Hrysopiyi Devetzi and Paraskevi Tsiamita ^[2]
• Long jump - 6.60 m (1998) - tenth among Greek long jumpers ^[2]

Indoor

• Triple jump - 14.51 m (1999) - third among Greek triple jumpers, only behind Hrysopiyi Devetzi and Paraskevi Tsiamita

[edit] References

• IAAF profile for Olga Vasdeki

1. ^ European Indoor Championships (Women) - GBR Athletics
2. ^ ^{a b} Greek all-time list, women - Athletix