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Anastasia Kostaki
Anastasia Kostaki ( el, Αναστασία Κωστάκη; born March 26, 1978) is a former Greek professional basketball player, currently serving as an assistant coach for Panathinaikos. She is 1.72 m (5 ft 7 ¾) in height and 65 kg (144 pounds) in weight. Biography Kostaki started playing basketball at the age of nine and if she was not a basketball player she says she would have been a dancer or actress. She wants to work at the Greek Sports federation after retiring from basketball. She is the daughter of Konstantinos and Katerina and sister of Dimitra and Nikos. She became the first Greek player to play in the WNBA in 2006 when she played with the Houston Comets. Her sports role model is Nikos Galis. Her favorite band is The Doors, but she also enjoys Greek music. Her favorite film is ''Beautiful Life'' and her favorite food is pasta and chicken. When not playing basketball, she enjoys reading, using the internet and going to movies. Career pro club teams * 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political influence on the European continent—particularly Ancient Rome. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
