Sofia Asoumanaki ( el, Σοφία Ασουμανάκη; born 25 May 1997) is a Greek rower. She was born in

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and was involved in swimming between the ages of 2.5 until 16. During that time she competed many times on the national level. At the age of 16 she decided to engage herself in

rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically atta ...

. Within her first year in this sport she achieved fourth place in the World Junior Championship, but also received distinctions and medals in National, Balkan, European and World Championships and in September 2015 she was admitted for participation in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Sofia Asoumanaki is a Greek

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

who represented Greece, along with Katerina Nikolaidou at the

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in Rio de Janeiro (

Double sculls A double scull is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat by sculling with two oars each, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly ...

), finishing in the 4th place. She also won a silver medal in the double sculls at the

2015 World Rowing Championships The 2015 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 30 August to 6 September 2015 at Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette in France. Description The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the Int ...

and the same year won a silver medal in the single sculls at the 2015 Junior World Rowing Championship. Moreover, Sofia Asoumanaki holds the World Indoor Rowing Record in Boston from 2015. After the

she decided to follow the studies in the

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in Seattle.

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* * * 1997 births Living people Greek female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Greece Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of Greece Sportspeople from Rethymno Rowers from Athens {{Greece-rowing-bio-stub