Marina Karaflou

Marina Karaflou (Greek: Μαρίνα Καραφλού; born 10 March 1980 in Volos) is a Greek sport shooter.[2] She was selected as one of eleven shooters to represent the host nation Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and also attained top eight finishes in pistol shooting at various meets of the ISSF World Cup series.[1] Karaflou is a member of Volos Shooting Club under her longtime coach Mihailis Nikolaidis.[1]

Marina Karaflou
Personal information
Full nameMarina Karaflou
Nationality Greece
Born (1980-03-10) 10 March 1980
Volos, Greece
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP40)
25 m pistol (SP)
ClubVolos Shooting Club[1]
Coached byMihailis Nikolaidis[1]

Karaflou was named as part of the host nation's shooting team to compete in the women's 10 m air pistol at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[3] She had registered a minimum qualifying score of 384 from her top eight finish at the ISSF World Cup meet in Zagreb, Croatia to fill in the Olympic berth reserved to the host nation, after the Hellenic Shooting Federation decided to exchange spots in her signature event with the unused quota from the women's trap.[1][4] Karaflou fired a substantial 377 out of a possible 400 to force in a two-way tie with Hungary's Zsófia Csonka for twenty-sixth place in the qualifying round, failing to advance further to the final.[5][6]

References
  1. "ISSF Profile – Marina Karaflou". ISSF. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marina Karaflou". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. Kostas, Sotirios (28 April 2002). "Το ολυμπιακό βάθρο σημαδεύουν οι σκοπευτές" [Shooters aimed for the Olympic podium] (in Greek). To Vima. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  4. "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. "Shooting: Women's 10m Air Pistol Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. "Αποκλεισμός για Καραφλού, Αντωνιάδη και Ντάιαμοντ(!) στη σκοποβολή" [Karaflou, Antoniadis, and Diamond are out in shooting] (in Greek). In.gr. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 26 August 2015.


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