Nikolaos Kaklamanakis
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Nikolaos "Nikos" Kaklamanakis (Greek: Νικόλαος Κακλαμανάκης, born August 19, 1968 in Athens) is the Greek Gold-medal winner who lit the Olympic torch in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Biography
One of the most popular athletes in Greece, Nikolaos Kaklamanakis is a three-time Mistral class windsurfing world champion and a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Sailing. He won silver in the event at the 2003 World Championships in Cádiz, Spain, behind Przemek Miarczynski of Poland. In the 2000 Summer Olympics he took the 6th place, while in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Kaklamanakis took the silver medal behind Gal Fridman of Israel. Four years later, in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games he finished 8th in the RS:X Men Sailing Race.
Selected achievements
| Medal | Event | Year |
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| Gold | European Championship (Mistral) | 1994 |
| Bronze | IMCO World Championship | 1995 |
| Gold | Australasian Championship (Mistral) | 1995 |
| Gold | IMCO World Championship | 1996 |
| Gold | Atlanta Olympics | 1996 |
| Gold | Athens EUROLYMP | 1998 |
| Gold | Mistral World Championship | 2000 |
| Bronze | International ASA Windsurfing Championship | 2001 |
| Gold | Mistral World Championship | 2001 |
| Silver | ISAF World Championship | 2003 |
| Silver | Athens Olympics | 2004 |
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| Preceded by Cathy Freeman |
Final Summer Olympic Torchbearer Athens 2004 |
Succeeded by Li Ning |