Thanasis_Tsakiris

Athanassios Tsakiris

Athanassios Tsakiris

Greek biathlete and cross-country skier (born 1965)

Athanassios "Thanasis" Tsakiris (Greek: Αθανάσιος "Θανάσης" Τσακίρης) (born 15 January 1965 in Drama, Greece) is a Greek biathlete and cross-country skier.[1][2] He competed for Greece at five Olympics in 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, and 2010 in cross country skiing and biathlon.[3][4] He was selected to be his nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.[5]

His daughter Panagiota Tsakiri competed for Greece in cross-country at the 2006 Olympics (as a fifteen-year-old) and in biathlon at the 2010 Olympics.[6][7]

References

  1. [1]
    FIS Profile Archived June 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    "Biathlon World Profile". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
  3. [3]
    Athanasios Tsakiris at Sports Reference
  4. [4]
    Vancouver 2010 Profile Archived February 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  5. [5]
    "Hellenic Olympic Committee". Archived from the original on 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
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    "Panagiota Tsakiri Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2012-01-14. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  7. [7]
    "Panagiota Tsakiri - Olympic Athletes - 2010 Winter Olympics - Vancouver, Canada - ESPN".


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