Kalliopi "Kelly" Araouzou (born 6 March 1991) is a Greek competitive

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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

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in Balatonfüred alongside her teammates

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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

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. She won the bronze medal in the 10 km event at the 2011 World Cup race in

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. Another two silver medals followed at the 2012 European Open Water Championships in

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, 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

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. This time again alongside teammates Spyridon Gianniotis and Antonios Fokaidis claiming the silver medal. At the

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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

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held in Gwangju, South Korea. In the 5 km event she finished in 19th place and in the 10 km event she finished in 37th place.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Araouzou, Kalliopi 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