Maria Pangalou ( gr, Μαρία Παγκαλου, born April 28, 1979,

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

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Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coordi ...

. Pangalou competed for Greece in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, she was 8th in the qualification round and advanced to the semifinal. In the semifinal she was 12th and didn't advance to the final of 10 competitors.

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* 1979 births Living people Greek rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Greece Gymnasts from Thessaloniki Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships {{Greece-sport-bio-stub