Alexandra Papageorgiou ( el, Αλεξάνδρα Παπαγεωργίου, born December 17, 1980) is a

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consist ...

er from

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. Her personal best throw is 70.73 metres, achieved on August 1, 2009, in

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. This places her second on the Greek all-time list, behind Stiliani Papadopoulou.Greek all-time list, women
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1980 births Living people Greek female hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Greece Panathinaikos Athletics Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Athletes from Athens 21st-century Greek women {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub