Despina Zapounidou

Despina Zapounidou
Personal information
Born (1985-10-05) 5 October 1985
Sport
Country  Greece
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 20 km walk
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 3 km walk (i): 12:35.16
10 km walk: 42:55.82 NR
20 km walk: 1:31.08

Despina Zapounidou (Greek: Δέσποινα Ζαπουνίδου; born 5 October 1985 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek race walker.[1] She competed in the 20 kilometres event at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2] She holds two Greek records: 1:37:40.59 hours for the 20,000 m track walk and 12:35.16 minutes for the 3000 m indoor walk.

As a junior athlete, she was 12th in the 10,000 m track walk at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics and fifth in the 10 km road walk at the 2004 IAAF World Race Walking Cup. She entered the senior 20 km event at the 2006 and 2008 Race Walking Cup but failed to finish on both occasions. She also failed to finish at the 2005 Universiade and the 2013 European Race Walking Cup.

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Greece
2004 World Race Walking Cup (U20) Naumburg, Germany 5th 10 km 49:00
World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 12th 10,000m 49:18.93
2006 World Race Walking Cup La Coruña, Spain 20km DNF
2007 European U23 Championships Debrecen, Hungary 5th 20 km walk 1:35:42
2008 World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 20 km DNF
Olympic Games Beijing, China 40th 20 km walk 1:39:11
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 44th 20 km walk 1:35.19
2013 European Race Walking Cup Dudince, Slovakia 20 km DNF
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 20th 20 km walk 1:34.03

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