Niki Bakogianni ( el, Νίκη Μπακογιάννη, , born 9 June 1968) is a retired

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er. She was born in

Lamia LaMia Corporation S.R.L., operating as LaMia (short for ''Línea Aérea Mérida Internacional de Aviación''), was a Bolivian charter airline headquartered in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, as an EcoJet subsidiary. It had its origins from the failed ...

Biography

She is best known for winning a silver medal at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

after a tough competition with

Stefka Kostadinova Stefka Georgieva Kostadinova ( bg, Стефка Георгиева Костадинова; born March 25, 1965) is a Bulgarian retired athlete who competed in the high jump. Her world record of 2.09 metres has stood since 1987. She was the 1996 ...

, who eventually became Olympic champion. This was Bakogianni's second silver medal that year, as she had placed second in the

European Indoor Championships The European Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played in Berlin, Germany. The event was played as part of the ATP Tour in 1990 and 1991. It was played on indoor carpet courts. Finals Singles Doubles See also * Berlin Open ...

. Bakogianni had several honours in minor athletics competitions, such as the

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and the

Balkan Games The Balkan Athletics Championships or Balkan Games () is a regional athletics competition held between nations from the Balkans and organized by Balkan Athletics. The first games were held in Athens in 1929, and the most recent were being held in ...

. She won the gold medal in the latter three times (1990 in Istanbul, 1992 in Sofia and 1994 in Trikala). Her personal best jump of 2.03 metres is the current Greek record. After retiring she has worked as a coach. She coaches high jumper

Konstadinos Baniotis Konstadinos "Kostas" Baniotis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Μπανιώτης; born 6 November 1986 in Komotini, Rhodope) is a Greek high jumper. Biography He finished sixth at the 2009 European Indoor Championships, sixth a ...

Achievements

Note: Results with a Q, indicate overall position in qualifying round.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bakogianni, Niki 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Lamia (city) Greek female high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Greece Olympic silver medalists for Greece Greek athletics coaches Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games