Niki XANTHOU
Niki Xanthou was born
on the 11th of October of 1973 in Rhodes. Her height is 1, 74 m. and her
weight is 56 kgs. She is training with Dimitris Chatzopoulos, the former
long jump national champion, and belongs to G.A.S. "Hygeia" of Rhodes.
She was the 1997 silver medalist in women's long jump at the World Championships
of Athens, and was voted as the best 1997 woman long jumper by the
Track & Field News magazine. She was also 4th at the Atlanta Olympics.
Her personal bests are also the National records for Greece: 7, 03 m. (Outdoors)
and
6, 91 m. (Indoors)
Niki Xanthou at the Atlanta Olympics
Career
Highlights:
2nd- World Championships,
Athens 1997
4th- Olympic Games,
Atlanta 1996
5th- World Indoor
Championships, Paris 1997
8th- World Indoor
Championships, 1995
8th- World Junior
Championships, Seoul 1992
10th- European Championships,
1994
10th- European Indoor Championships,
Barcelona 1996
1st- Mediterranean
Games, Bari 1997
1st- European Under
23 Cup, 1994
1st- Junior Balkan
Games, 1992
1st- Indoor Balkan
Games, 1995, 1996 & 1997
2nd- Bruno Jaoli (1st Division),
1994
3rd- Bruno Jaoli (1st
Division), 1997, 1998
