Dimitra Gnafaki (born 9 July 1997) is a Greek track and field athlete. She is a multiple-time Greek national champion and twice Balkan champion over

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Career

Gnafaki attended Gymnastics Academy in Serres before turning her focus fully to athletics and the

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. She had her first international experience in 2016 at the 2016 World U20 Athletics Championships in

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. She then accepted a scholarship to attend the University of Akron, before returning to Greece to base herself in Chania, Crete. In 2021, she ran 57.00 to win the

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, the time placed her fourth on the all-time Greek list for the 400m hurdles. The following year she won the Greek national title over 400m hurdles for the third time. She competed at the

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in Munich, Germany and ran a new personal best time of 56.14 seconds. In July 2023, she won the Balkan Championships in Kraljevo. She was selected for the

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in Budapest in August 2023 and ran a seasons best time of 56.18.

International competitions

References

1997 births Living people Greek female athletes 21st-century Greek women University of Akron alumni Greek female hurdlers Sportspeople from Crete Sportspeople from Chania European Games competitors for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub