Athina Tzavella

Athina Tzavella (Greek: Αθηνά Τζαβέλλα; born January 9, 1988) is a Greek former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke and individual medley events.[1] Tzavella won a bronze medal in the 200 m individual medley at the 2003 European Junior Swimming Championships in Glasgow, Scotland with a time of 2:16.35, 0.11 of a second behind her teammate Vasiliki Angelopoulou.[2] Having reached a B-standard entry time by FINA, Tzavella earned a spot on the Greek team for the Olympics.[3]

Athina Tzavella

Personal information
Full name	Athina Tzavella
National team	Greece
Born	(1988-01-09) 9 January 1988
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke, medley
Club	Panellinios G.S.
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Greece European Junior Championships 2003 Glasgow 200 m medley

Tzavella represented the host nation Greece, as a 16-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, competing in two swimming events. In the 200 m individual medley, Tzavella challenged seven other swimmers, including U.S. swimmer and three-time Olympian Amanda Beard on the third heat of the morning's preliminaries. She finished only in seventh place for her heat and twenty-third overall by less than 0.22 of a second behind Malaysia's Siow Yi Ting with a time of 2:20.30.[4] In her second event, 200 m breaststroke, Tzavella recorded a slowest time of 2:40.18 on the same heat, finishing thirty-first overall in the preliminaries.[5][6]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Athina Tzavella". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
2. "Britain and Russia Dominate, but Cseh Wins Fourth Gold as Euro Juniors End". Swimming World Magazine. 3 August 2003. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
3. "Swimming – Women's 200m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
4. "Women's 200m Individual Medley Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
5. "Women's 200m Breaststroke Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
6. Thomas, Stephen (16 August 2004). "Women's 200 Individual Medley Prelims Day 3: Klochkova Aims for Repeat Olympic Gold; Americans Qualify 3rd and 4th". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

External links

• 2004 Olympic Profile – Eideisis Ellinika (in Greek)