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| Born | July 19, 1980 Cholargos, Athens, Greece [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Nikolaos Mavrommatis (born 19 July 1980) is a Greek sport shooter. [2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's skeet, finishing in 9th place.
He earned a quota place for the 2020 Summer Olympics with a bronze-medal performance at the 2019 European Shotgun Championship. [3]
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