Vasileia Karachaliou

Vasileia Karachaliou
Personal information
NationalityGreek/Portuguese
Born (1996-10-19) 19 October 1996 (age 28)
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country Greece
SportSailing
EventLaser radial
ClubPiraeus Sailing Club
Coached byTamás Eszes
Medal record
Sailing Athens Eurolymp Week
Gold medal – first place 2012 Greece Laser Radial
Canarian Olympic Sailing Week
Gold medal – first place 2020 Spain Laser Radial
Gold medal – first place 2017 Spain Laser Radial
Sailing European Cup
Gold medal – first place 2013 Greece Laser Radial
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Poland Laser Radial
Sailing ASAF Cup - JSAF Enoshima Olympic Week
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Japan Laser Radial
Sailing Izola Spring Cup
Silver medal – second place 2017 Slovenia Laser Radial
Sailing World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 USA Laser Radial
Silver medal – second place 2017 Spain Laser Radial
Silver medal – second place 2020 USA Laser Radial
Bronze medal – third place 2019 USA Laser Radial
Sailing European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Spain Laser Radial

Vasileia Karachaliou is a Greek laser radial sailor. She won the national championship many times so far.[1] Among all her medals, she has won a gold at the 2017 Sailing World Cup Series Round 1 - Miami and a bronze medal at the 2017 Laser & Laser Radial European Championships Barcelona. In August 2018, she qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2] March 23, 2020: she is ranked second in the Laser Radial world rankings.[3]

Competing for Portugal, she won the silver medal at Andora 2023 world championships.[4][5] In 2023 she affirmed her intention of competing for Portugal.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Panhellenic LASER RDL Championship".
  2. ^ "First Laser, Radial and 49erFX nations confirmed for Tokyo 2020".
  3. ^ "H Βασιλεία Καραχάλιου #2 στο Παγκόσμιο Ranking List".
  4. ^ "Sailwave results for 2023 ILCA Senior European Championships & European Trophy at 10-17 March 2023, Circolo Nautico Andora (CNA), Andora, Italy 2023". eurilca.eu. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  5. ^ "2023 ILCA Senior Europeans – 2023 ILCA Senior European Championships". Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  6. ^ "Vasileia Karachaliou quer ser ouro em Paris2024: «Sou grega, mas estou super-contente por competir por Portugal»". www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  7. ^ SAPO. "Presidente do COP e a situação de Vasileia Karachaliou: "É perfeitamente bizarra. Não é portuguesa e já compete por Portugal"". SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  8. ^ Portugal, Rádio e Televisão de (2023-11-17). "Vela. Vasileia Karachaliou aguarda naturalização". Vela. Vasileia Karachaliou aguarda naturalização (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-02-24.


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