Olga Vasdeki

Olga Vasdeki ( Greek Όλγα Βασδέκη , Olga-Anastasia Vasdeki ; born September 26, 1973 in Volos ) is a former Greek triple jumper .

From 1993 to 1998, Olga Vasdeki improved the Greek record eleven times from 13.37 m to 14.64 m. She initiated a successful streak of Greek triple jumpers, which was continued by Paraskevi Tsiamita and Chrysopigi Devetzi .

Career

Olga Vasdeki's international breakthrough came in 1996. At the European Indoor Championships in Stockholm she won bronze with 14.30 m behind Iwa Prandschewa (BUL) and Šárka Kašpárková (CZE). At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, she was fifth with 14.44 m, but was half a meter behind the bronze medal. At the 1997 World Championships , she took fourth place with 14.62 m, five centimeters behind third-placed Olena Howorowa (UKR).

Vasdeki also came fourth at the 1998 European Indoor Championships in Valencia. At 14.29 m she was three centimeters behind third-placed Jelena Lebedenko (RUS) this time . In the summer of the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Vasdeki jumped the longest qualifying distance with 14.59 m. She won the final with 14.55 m very thin in front of Šárka Kašpárková with 14.53 m and Teresa Marinowa (BUL) with 14.50 m. At the end of the season she won the World Cup in Johannesburg with 14.64 m ahead of Tatjana Lebedewa (RUS) with 14.36 m.

At the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Olga Vasdeki jumped just as far as Yamilé Aldama (CUB) with 14.61 m , but lost because of the poorer second-best attempt. Olga Vasdeki won bronze because her compatriot Tsiamita won with 14.88 m. In July 1999, Vasdeki had set her best distance with 14.67 m, but at this point Tsiamita had already replaced her as the national record holder.

In Sydney at the Olympic Games 2000 Vasdeki was seventh with 14.15 m. At the World Athletics Championships in Paris in 2003 , she was twelfth with 14.08 m, and at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, 14.34 m was eleven.

Olga Vasdeki is married to her coach Panayiótis Markianidis , a former sprinter. With a height of 1.75 m, her competition weight was 60 kg. Her older brother Spyridon Vasdekis was also internationally successful as a long jumper.

literature

• Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 2006. The international Track and Field Annual. SportsBooks, Cheltenham 2006, ISBN 1-899807-34-9 .

Web links

• Olga Vasdeki in the database of World Athletics (English)