Anastasía Kelesídou

Anastasia Kelesidou ( Greek Αναστασία Κελεσίδου , born November 28, 1972 in Hamburg ) is a former Greek discus thrower who won a medal at every major championship from 1999 to 2004.

Kelesidou was Greek champion in 1991, 1993–1997, 1999, 2000 and 2002. In 1999 she set her personal best of 67.70 meters. This litter was her ninth Greek record. In 2004 Ekaterini Vongoli exceeded this record by two centimeters.

In 1994 Kelesidou won silver at the U23 European Championships. In 1995 she reached a grand final for the first time at the World Championships in Gothenburg and was eleventh. At the 1997 World Championships in Athens, she could not qualify for the final as 15th in the qualification.

At the European Championships in 1998 she was seventh with 62.95 meters. She won her first medal at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, when she received silver behind Franka Dietzsch with 66.05 meters . She also came in second at the 2000 Olympic Games . At 65.71 meters, however, she was almost three meters behind Elina Swerawa . At the 2001 World Championships , she finished fourth behind Natalja Sadowa , Elina Swerawa and Nicoleta Grasu in the competition with 65.50 meters . After Sadowa was disqualified retrospectively in 2005 due to excessive caffeine levels, Kelesidou subsequently received bronze.

At the 2002 European Championships in Munich , Kelesidou won bronze with 63.92 meters behind Vongoli and Sadowa. Behind Iryna Jatschanka , but ahead of Vongoli, Kelesidou won silver with 67.14 meters at the 2003 World Championships in Paris. At the end of their careers, Vongoli and Kelesidou competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. While Vongoli only took the disappointing eighth place, Kelesidou won again Olympic silver with 66.68 meters, 34 cm behind Sadowa.

With a height of 1.92 m, her competition weight was 86 kg.

literature

• Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 2005. SportsBooks, Cheltenham 2005, ISBN 1-899807-27-6 .

Web links

• Anastasia Kelesídou in the database of World Athletics (English)