Antigoni Drisbioti
Antigoni Drisbioti (Greek: Αντιγόνη Ντρισμπιώτη; born 21 March 1984[1]) is a Greek race walker. She won gold medals in the 20 kilometres walk and 35 km race walk at the 2022 European Athletics Championships, the first golden double for Greece at the event. Her medal at the longer distance was her first international victory and the first major championship title for her country in race walking.[2] Drisbioti finished fourth in the 35 km walk at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. She took bronze in the 20 km walk at the 2013 Mediterranean Games.
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| Born | 21 March 1984 Karditsa, Greece |
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) |
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| Country | Greece |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Race walking |
| Coached by | Napoleon Kefalopoulos |
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She represented Greece at both the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Drisbioti is the Greek record holder for the 3000 m walk, 20 km walk and 35 km walk. She won eight national titles.
Career
Antigoni Drisbioti grew up in Karditsa, Thessaly. Her family runs a traditional restaurant in the city where, according to her own statements in a television interview, she has worked for many years alongside her training. She decided to practice walking as a sport as a freshman in high school and made her international debut at the age of 19 at the 2003 European Race Walking Cup held in Cheboksary, Russia.[3][4][1] But the same year, Drisbioti gave up her sporting career, started studying Sports Science and only began to train and dedicate herself to the sport again in 2011 aged 27.[4] She is married and lives in Karditsa.[5]
Drisbioti celebrated her first major success at age 29 at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, where she won the bronze medal in the 20 km race walk with a time of 1:41:53.[1]
She competed at the Summer Olympics for the first time in 2016 in Rio, finishing 15th in the 20 km walk. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she placed eighth in the event.[1]
At the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, the 38-year-old won the gold medal in the 35 km walk with a championship record of 2:47:00 after finishing fourth at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon the previous month in 2:41:58, a national record. With her second gold medal in Munich in the 20 km walk event in a personal best time of 1:29:03, she became the first Greek athlete to win two gold medals at a European Championships.[6][7]
Statistics
International competitions
National titles
- Greek Athletics Championships
- 20 kilometres race walk (3): 2018, 2020, 2023
- 35 kilometres race walk (2): 2021, 2022
- Greek Indoor Athletics Championships
- 3000 metres race walk (3): 2020, 2021, 2023
References
- "Antigoni NTRISMPIOTI – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- l, f (24 August 2022). "Ntrismpioti's waiting game yields double gold in Munich". European Athletics. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- Roumeliotis, Bill (8 February 2023). "Antigoni Drisbioti: Support from Melbourne Greeks will help me achieve my Olympics dream". The Greek Herald. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- Καλόπλαστου, Μαριλένα (17 August 2022). "Αντιγόνη Ντρισμπιώτη, δεν ξέρω πώς θα τελειώσει η ιστορία της, αλλά δεν θα γράψει πουθενά «τα παράτησε»". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- Πάτας, Βαγγέλης (16 August 2022). "Αντιγόνη Ντρισμπιώτη: Το πρωί τσιπουράδικο, τα μεσάνυχτα προπόνηση – Αθλήτρια ορισμός της συνέπειας!". newsbomb.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- "Greek lightning strikes twice as Ntrismpioti wins double gold in the race walk in Munich". European Athletics. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- "Τεράστια Ντρισμπιώτη: Χρυσή και στα 20χλμ. βάδην στο ευρωπαϊκό πρωτάθλημα στίβου". in.gr (in Greek). 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.