Afroditi Skafida

Afroditi Skafida
Personal information
Nationality  Greece
Born (1982-03-20) 20 March 1982
Athens, Greece
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Pole vault
Club AEK FC (GRE)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Pole vault: 4.55 m (2010)

Afroditi Skafida (Greek: Αφροδίτη Σκαφίδα; born March 20, 1982 in Athens) is a female Greek pole vaulter.[1] She is a four-time outdoor and a three-time indoor champion for Greece.

Skafida represented the host nation Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics, coincidentally in her home city, where she competed for the women's pole vault. Despite being cheered by her home crowd, she received no marks in the qualifying rounds of the competition, after failing to clear a height of 4.00 metres.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Skafida improved her performance by successfully clearing the best possible height of 4.30 metres in the women's pole vault. Skafida, however, failed to advance into the final, as she placed sixteenth overall, tying her position with Poland's Joanna Piwowarska and Portugal's Sandra-Helena Tavares.[2]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Greece
2003 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 8th 4.10 m
Universiade Daegu, South Korea NM
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece NM
2005 Mediterranean Games Almería, Spain 3rd 4.15 m
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 20th (q) 4.15 m
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 19th (q) 4.35 m
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 26th (q) 4.30 m
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 11th (q) 4.35 m
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 17th (q) 4.25 m

References

  1. "Afroditi Skafida". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. "Women's Pole Vault Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 15 December 2012.

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