Vassiliki Karadassiou
Vassiliki Karadassiou 
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| Austrian Masters 2008 | |
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| birthday | January 6, 1973 |
| place of birth | Athens , Greece |
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| 2001 - European Champion 2004 - Round of 16 Olympic Games 2005 - European Champion 2007 - European Champion |
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| (As of March 16, 2010) | |
Vassiliki "Vaso" Karadassiou ( Greek Βασιλική "Βάσω" Καραντάσιου , born January 6, 1973 in Athens ) is a former Greek beach volleyball player .
At the 2000 Summer Olympics , Karadassiou represented her country together with Effrosyni Sfyri . While the duo took 17th place with just one win after a defeat against the Germans Friedrichsen / Müsch , the two Greek women won the European Championship in Venice a year later . The pair achieved top placements at the European Championships in 2003 and 2004 (fifth in each case). At the 2004 Summer Olympics in their own country, Karadassiou / Sfyri survived the preliminary round, but failed in the second round due to the Brazilian pairing Ana Paula / Sandra Pires . Karadassiou / Sfyri played their last joint tournament at the Turkish Open in 2005. Sfyri ended her career after finishing fifth.
With her new partner Vasiliki Arvaniti , Karadassiou started the next tournament at the Spanish Open. The new pairing reached the final straight away, but lost there against the Germans Pohl / Rau . The two Greek women were even more successful at the European Championships in Moscow in 2005 and in Valencia in 2007 when they won the gold medal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, however, Karadassiou / Arvaniti were eliminated without a win after the preliminary round. After that, Vassiliki Karadassiou ended her international career.
Web links
- Official website
- Vassiliki Karadassiou in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Profile at the world association FIVB (English)
- Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.bvbinfo.com/Tournament.asp?ID=1865
- ↑ http://www.bvbinfo.com/Tournament.asp?ID=1869
- ↑ http://www.bvbinfo.com/Tournament.asp?ID=1871
- ↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/olympics/wath2004/maindrawres.asp?sm=16
- ↑ http://www.freebase.com/view/en/vasso_karadassiou/-/base/volleyball
- ↑ http://www.beach-volleyball.de/index.php?id=169&yl_player=151
- ↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/Olympics/2008/W/Results/Results.asp
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| SURNAME | Karadassiou, Vassiliki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Karadassiou, Vaso (nickname); Καραντάσιου, Βασιλική (Greek); Βάσω |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek beach volleyball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Athens , Greece |