Byron Kokkalanis ( el, Βύρων Κοκκαλάνης; born 19 August 1985 in
Athens
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), also spelled Vyron, is a
Greek
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windsurfer
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of partly Filipino ancestry. He started sailing in 1997 in the Mistral class and 3 years later he won the Mistral Junior World Championship, his first international regatta. He took the fifth place at the
2016 Summer Olympics and the sixth place at the
2012 London Olympic Games
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. At the
2020 Tokyo Olympic Games he finished in the 11th place.
He was also fifth at the
2012 RS:X World Championships., third at the
2013 RS:X World Championship, first at the
2013 RS:X European Championship.
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1985 births
Living people
Greek windsurfers
Sailors (sport) from Athens
Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – RS:X
Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – RS:X
Olympic sailors for Greece
Greek male sailors (sport)
Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – RS:X
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