Effrosyni "Efi" Sfyri ( el, Ευφροσύνη "Έφη" Σφυρή; born January 8, 1971, in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

) is a Greek beach volleyball player. Sfyri competed at the

FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (known between 2003 and 2012 as the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the worldwide professional beach volleyball tour for both men and women organized by the ' ( FIVB), the ...

between 1997 and 2004 always with the same partner, Vasso Karantasiou. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Karantasiou and Sfyri have already lost in their debut against

Laura Bruschini Laura Bruschini (born 26 August 1966 in Lecco) is a female former beach volleyball player from Italy who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Partnering with Annamaria Solazzi, she thrice claimed the gold medal at the Eu ...

and

Annamaria Solazzi Annamaria Solazzi (born 10 December 1965) is a female former beach volleyball player from Italy who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. Partnering with Laura Bruschini, she thrice claimed the gold medal a ...

, from Italy. In the repechage round they won one match and lost one another ending at 17th place. A year later, they won the

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, near Venice, Italy. In 2004 they qualified for another

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, this time in your hometown Athens. They won two matches in the group stage and advanced to the knockout round, but they lost against the Brazilians

Ana Paula Connelly Ana Paula Rodrigues Connelly Henkel (born 13 February 1972 in Lavras, Minas Gerais) is a retired female volleyball player and journalist from Brazil, who represented her native country at four Summer Olympics: in volleyball in 1992 and 1996, and ...

and

Sandra Pires Sandra Pires Tavares (born June 16, 1973, in Rio de Janeiro) is a female beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Jackie Silva. She ...

in front of a sold out crowd.

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* * * * Greek beach volleyball players Living people Olympic beach volleyball players of Greece Beach volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Panathinaikos Women's Volleyball players Sportspeople from Piraeus 1971 births {{Greece-volleyball-bio-stub