Artemis Dafni (also ''Artemis Daphnis'', gr, Αρτεμις Δάφνη; born November 18, 1983) is a Greek-American former competition

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who specialized in middle-distance freestyle and individual medley events. She represented

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, as a 16-year-old, at the

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, and also competed for the

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swimming and diving team. Dafni made her sporting debut at the 2000 FINA World Short Course Championships in

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, where she finished sixth in the 400 m individual medley (4:42.49), and seventh in the 400 m freestyle (4:11.04). Six months later, at the

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, Dafni competed again in the same events by achieving FINA B-standards of 4:17.36 (400 m freestyle) and 4:50.50 (400 m individual medley) from the Janet Evans Invitational in

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. She placed twentieth in the 400 m individual medley (4:53.52) and twenty-second in the

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(4:16.94, her lifetime best). A graduate of Homestead High School in Cupertino, California, Dafni accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the

in Tucson, Arizona, where she competed for the

swimming and diving team, under head coach Frank Busch, from 2001 to 2003. While swimming for the Wildcats, she posted career bests in the 1000-yard freestyle (9:57.58), and 400-yard individual medley (4:17.57) to capture both titles at the 2002

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. In late 2002, Dafni transferred to

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, where she majored in and eventually graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in business aspects of radio, television, and in marketing, signaling the end of her sporting career. Currently, she works as a marketing manager for Analogix Semiconductor, Inc.

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1983 births Living people Greek female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Greece Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Greek female freestyle swimmers Greek female medley swimmers American people of Greek descent Sportspeople of Greek descent Swimmers from Berkeley, California Arizona Wildcats women's swimmers San Francisco State University alumni Homestead High School (California) alumni {{Greece-swimming-bio-stub