Kalliopi "Kelly" Araouzou (born 6 March 1991) is a Greek competitive
swimmer
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. She participates in the
open water events.
Career
In 2010, she won the gold medal in the team event at the
European Open Water Championships
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in
Balatonfüred alongside her teammates
Spyridon Gianniotis
Spyridon "Spyros" Gianniotis (; born 19 February 1980) is a Greek competitive swimmer who specialises in long-distance and open-water freestyle events. He is an Olympic silver medalist, two-time World Champion, World Cup gold medalist, and two ...
and
Antonios Fokaidis
Antonios Fokaidis (born 29 August 1989) is a Greek swimmer. He participates in the open water events.
He won the silver medal in the Team event at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona alongside his team mates Spyridon Gia ...
. She won the silver medal at the same tournament in the women's 5 km event behind
Ekaterina Seliverstova
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Arts
* Ekaterina Medvedev ...
.
She won the bronze medal in the 10 km event at the 2011 World Cup race in
Setúbal
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In the ti ...
. Another two silver medals followed at the 2012 European Open Water Championships in
Piombino
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Ove ...
, the 5 km individual and in the team event alongside
Marios Kalafatis and
Georgios Arniakos.
Her first medal at a World Championship she won in the
Team event at the
2013 World Aquatics Championships
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. This time again alongside teammates Spyridon Gianniotis and Antonios Fokaidis claiming the silver medal.
At the
2016 Summer Olympics
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, she competed in the
women's 10 km open water event. She finished 11th with a time of 1:57:31.6.
In 2019, she competed in the
women's 5 km and
women's 10 km events at the
2019 World Aquatics Championships
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In the 5 km event she finished in 19th place and in the 10 km event she finished in 37th place.
References
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1991 births
Living people
Greek female swimmers
Panathinaikos swimmers
P.A.O.K. swimmers
World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming
Female long-distance swimmers
Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers for Greece
Swimmers from Athens
Swimmers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games competitors for Greece