Aikaterini "Katerina" Nikolaidou ( el, Αικατερίνη "Κατερίνα" Νικολαΐδου; born 22 October 1992) is a Greek

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...

. Nikolaidou represented Greece, along with

Sofia Asoumanaki Sofia Asoumanaki ( el, Σοφία Ασουμανάκη; born 25 May 1997) is a Greek rower. She was born in Athens, Greece and was involved in swimming between the ages of 2.5 until 16. During that time she competed many times on the national le ...

at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, finishing in the 4th place (

Double sculls A double scull is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat by sculling with two oars each, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly ...

). She also won a silver medal in the lightweight single sculls at the 2013 World Rowing Championships and she won the gold medal in the lightweight single sculls at the 2014 European Champion and 2013 European Champion. In 2018 she won the gold medal in the single sculls at the

2018 Mediterranean Games The 2018 Mediterranean Games ( es, Juegos Mediterráneos de 2018), officially known as the XVIII Mediterranean Games ( es, XVIII Juegos Mediterráneos) and commonly known as Tarragona 2018, was an international multi-sport event held from 22 Jun ...

Tarragona Tarragona (, ; Phoenician: ''Tarqon''; la, Tarraco) is a port city located in northeast Spain on the Costa Daurada by the Mediterranean Sea. Founded before the fifth century BC, it is the capital of the Province of Tarragona, and part of Tar ...

, Spain. Before joining the Greek National Team of Rowing, she was a swimming athlete. In 2007 as a rower athlete member she joined Nautical Club of Katerini (NOKAT), in

Katerini Katerini ( el, Κατερίνη, ''Kateríni'', ) is a city and municipality in northern Greece, the capital city of Pieria regional unit in Central Macedonia, Greece. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mt. Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf, ...

. Her father Yiannis Nikolaidis was a rower athlete. In 2021, she started styding at the private institute of vocational training IEK ALFA for the 2-year

sports coaching A sports coach is a person coaching in sport, involved in the direction, instruction and training of a sports team or athlete. History The original sense of the word ''coach'' is that of a horse-drawn carriage, deriving ultimately from the H ...

programme. Katerina Nikolaidou was awarded the Best (Top) Greek Female Athlete Award for 2014 on 15 December 2014, the Best (Top) Greek Female Athlete Award for 2013 on 16 December 2013, which they from the Panhellenic Association of Sports Journalists (PSAT) at its annual awards event PSAT Sports Awards took place in the Melina Mercouri Hall of the

Peace and Friendship Stadium The Peace and Friendship Stadium ( el, Στάδιο Ειρήνης και Φιλίας, Stadio Eirinis kai Philias), commonly known by its acronym SEF, is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in Piraeus, on the coastal zone of Attica, Gre ...

in Piraeus.

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* * 1992 births Living people Greek female rowers Sportspeople from Katerini Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of Greece World Rowing Championships medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games medalists in rowing Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games European Rowing Championships medalists {{Greece-rowing-bio-stub