Anna Ntountounaki ( el, Άννα Ντουντουνάκη, born 9 September 1995) is a Greek

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, competing for

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

on club level. She competed in the

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event 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 ...

. She finished 17th in the heats with a time of 58.27 seconds which was a new national record. She did not qualify for the semifinals. At the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

she finished 9th, achieving a new national record with a time of 57.25 seconds. Also, she won the gold of

2020 European Aquatics Championships The 2020 European Aquatics Championships (also known as the 2021 European Aquatics Championships; 35th) were scheduled to take place in Budapest, Hungary, from 11 to 24 May 2020. However, on 5 May it was announced that the event had been postpon ...

sharing this title with Marie Wattel.

Education

Anna began swimming in 2002, at the age of seven. She also studied at the Queen Mary University of London.

Awards

On 24 December 2019, Ntountounaki was awarded by the mayor of Chania, Panagiotis Simandirakis, along with Stelios Michailakis.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ntountounaki, Anna 1995 births Living people Greek female swimmers Olympic swimmers of Greece Panathinaikos swimmers Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Chania Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Swimmers at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Greek female butterfly swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20th-century Greek women 21st-century Greek women