Dimosthenis Tampakos ( el, Δημοσθένης Ταμπάκος, born 12 November 1976 in
Thessaloniki
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) is a
Greek
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gymnast
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and Olympic gold medalist.
He won gold in the men's rings at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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with a score of 9.862. He had also won the silver medal at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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in
Sydney. In 2003 he tied for first place with
Yordan Yovchev
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at the World Championships. He also won twice the gold medal at the European Championships in 2000 (Bremen) and in 2004 (Ljubljana).
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1976 births
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