Nikolaos Kaklamanakis

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.

Nikos Kaklamanakis
Personal information
BornAugust 19, 1968 (1968-08-19) (age 51)
Athens, Greece
Medal record
Men's sailing / windsurfing
Representing  Greece
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta Mistral
2004 Athens Mistral
Windsurfing World Championships
1996 HaifaMistral
2000 Mar del PlataMistral
2001 VarkizaMistral
1995 Port ElizabethMistral
2003 CadizMistral
Mediterranean Games
1993 Languedoc-RoussillonMistral

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
GoldEuropean Championship (Mistral)1994
SilverIMCO World Championship1995
GoldAustralasian Championship (Mistral)1995
GoldIMCO World Championship1996
GoldAtlanta Olympics1996
GoldAthens EUROLYMP1998
GoldMistral World Championship2000
BronzeInternational ASA Windsurfing Championship2001
GoldMistral World Championship2001
SilverISAF World Championship2003
SilverAthens Olympics2004
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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


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