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| Nationality | Cyprus | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 December 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100m: 11.25 (Nicosia, 2023) 200m: 22.65 (Budapest, 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olivia Fotopoulou (born 20 December 1996) is a Cypriot track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. She is a multiple time national champion in the 100 metres and 200 metres. [1]
In June 2022, she won a bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 2022 Mediterranean Games. [2] She competed in the 200m at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon in July, running 23.25s in the first round. [3] The following month she competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich running 23.33s in the semi-finals over 200m. [4]
Competing at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul in March 2023, she ran 7.36s in the semi-finals of the 60 meters. [5] In June 2023, she finished second with a time of 11.34s in the 100 meters in the 2nd division of the 2023 European Team Championships in Chorzów and was first in the 200 meters, running 22.71s, securing the silver medal overall, behind only Lieke Klaver. [6]
Fotopoulou competed in both sprint events at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August, 2023 and qualified for the semi-finals of the 200 metres with a personal best time of 22.65s. [7]
Her twin sister Fillipa Fotopoulou is also an international athlete, competing in the long jump. Both sisters studied together at the University of Alabama. [8] [9] [10]
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