Evangelia Platanioti

Evangelia Platanioti
Personal information
NationalityGreek
Born (1994-08-09) 9 August 1994 (age 30)
Athens, Greece
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesArtistic Swimming
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Doha Solo technical routine
Silver medal – second place 2024 Doha Solo free routine
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest Solo technical routine
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest Solo free routine
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Budapest Solo technical routine
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Budapest Solo free routine
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Duet technical routine

Evangelia Platanioti (Greek: Ευαγγελία Πλατανιώτη; born 9 August 1994) is a Greek artistic swimmer. She competed in the women's duet at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] She also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's duet where her partner was Evangelia Papazoglou. They finished in 10th place.[2]

In February 2024, she won the gold medal in solo technical routine at the 2024 World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Career

In 2018, Platanioti and Papazoglou finished in 6th place in the duet technical routine at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships.[3] In the duet free routine they finished in 5th place.[4]

Between 2017 and 2022, she has won 9 medals (1 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze) in FINA Artistic Swimming World Series.

In May 2021, she won two medals (1 silver and 1 bronze) at the 2020 European Championships in both solo technical and solo free held in Budapest, Hungary.[5][6] She is the first-ever Greek artistic swimmer to claim 2 medals in the same European Championships.

Shortly before the 2020 Summer Olympics, she was tested positive for COVID-19 but after few days, she tested negative and she made it through Tokyo to compete in the Games. However, few hours after her Duet Technical performance, more cases were announced within the Greek artistic swimming team which resulted in the withdrawal of the entire team from the Games.[7]

In June 2022, she won two bronze medals in both solo technical and solo free at the 2022 World Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She is the first-ever Greek artistic swimmer to win a medal in the World Championships and to claim 2 medals in the same World Championships.

In June 2023, she won the bronze medal at the European Games in duet technical routine. Her partner was Sofia Malkogeorgou.

In February 2024, she claimed the gold medal in solo technical routine and the sliver medal in solo free routine at the 2024 World Championships held in Doha, Qatar. The gold medal that she claimed was the second-ever for Greece in World Championships competitions at any category (Youth, Junior or Senior).

Personal life

Her hails is from Platanos, Aetolia-Acarnania.[8] Platanioti was in relationship with the Greek waterpolo player Angelos Vlachopoulos.[9]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Evangelia Platanioti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Synchronised Swimming - Duets - Standings". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Duet technical routine – Final" (PDF). 2018 European Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Duet free routine – Final" (PDF). 2018 European Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Solo technical routine – Final". gazzeta.gr. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Solo free routine – Final". gazzeta.gr. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Evangelia Platanioti: I had panic crises, I couldn't sleep with the phone closed". gazzeta.gr. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  8. ^ Ευαγγελία Πλατανιώτη: Η ζωή του χρυσού κοριτσιού που χορεύει στο νερό kalavrytapress.gr
  9. ^ Άγγελος Βλαχόπουλος:Αυτός είναι ο σύντροφος της Ευαγγελίας Πλατανιώτη gpop.gr