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Nikolaos "Nikos" Kaklamanakis (Greek: Νικόλαος Κακλαμανάκης, born August 19, 1968, in Athens) is the Greek Gold-medal winner who lit the Olympic torch in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was named one of the 1996 Greek Male Athletes of the Year.

Nikos Kaklamanakis

Personal information
Full name	Nikolaos Kaklamanakis
Born	August 19, 1968 (1968-08-19) (age 54) Athens, Greece
Medal record Men's sailing / windsurfing Representing  Greece Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Mistral 2004 Athens Mistral Windsurfing World Championships 1996 Haifa Mistral 2000 Mar del Plata Mistral 2001 Varkiza Mistral 1995 Port Elizabeth Mistral 2003 Cadiz Mistral Mediterranean Games 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Mistral

Kaklamanakis participated in five consecutive Olympic Games from 1992 to 2008, reaching the medal race in all five of them.[1] He won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, while he was ninth in Barcelona (1992), sixth in Sydney (2000) and eighth in Beijing (2008).

Biography

One of the most popular athletes in Greece, Nikolaos Kaklamanakis is a three-time Mistral class windsurfing world champion and a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Sailing. He won silver in the event at the 2003 World Championships in Cádiz, Spain, behind Przemek Miarczynski of Poland. In the 2000 Summer Olympics he took the 6th place, while in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Kaklamanakis took the silver medal behind Gal Fridman of Israel. Four years later, in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games he finished 8th in the RS:X Men Sailing Race.

Selected achievements

Medal	Event	Year
Gold	European Championship (Mistral)	1994
Silver	IMCO World Championship	1995
Gold	Australasian Championship (Mistral)	1995
Gold	IMCO World Championship	1996
Gold	Atlanta Olympics	1996
Gold	Athens EUROLYMP	1998
Gold	Mistral World Championship	2000
Bronze	International ASA Windsurfing Championship	2001
Gold	Mistral World Championship	2001
Silver	ISAF World Championship	2003
Silver	Athens Olympics	2004

References

External links

• Nikolas Kaklamanakis at World Sailing
• Nikolaos Kaklamanakis at Olympics.com
• Nikolaos Kaklamanakis at Olympic.org (archived)
• Nikos Kaklamanakis at Olympedia
• Lighting the Olympic cauldron

Olympic Games
Preceded by 1980 USA Men's Ice Hockey Team	Final Olympic torchbearer Athens 2004	Succeeded by Stefania Belmondo
Preceded by Cathy Freeman	Final Summer Olympic torchbearer Athens 2004	Succeeded by Li Ning
Preceded by Pyrros Dimas	Flagbearer for  Greece Sydney 2000	Succeeded by Pyrros Dimas

На других языках

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- [en] Nikolaos Kaklamanakis

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[fr] Níkos Kaklamanákis

Nikólaos Kaklamanákis (en grec moderne : Νικόλαος Κακλαμανάκης), souvent appelé Níkos Kaklamanákis (Νίκος Κακλαμανάκης), né le 19 août 1968 à Athènes, est le champion olympique de planche à voile aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1996 d'Atlanta. Il est alors membre du Club nautique de Vouliagmeni[1].

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[it] Nikolaos Kaklamanakīs

Nikolaos Kaklamanakīs (in greco: Νικόλαος Κακλαμανάκης; Atene, 19 agosto 1968) è un velista greco, vincitore di una medaglia d'oro e una d'argento ai Giochi olimpici.

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[ru] Какламанакис, Никос

Нико́лаос «Ни́кос» Какламана́кис (греч. Νίκος Κακλαμανάκης, 19 августа 1968 (1968-08-19)) — греческий яхтсмен-виндсёрфер, олимпийский чемпион 1996 года и вице-чемпион 2004 года.

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