Nikolaos Kaklamanakis

Nikolaos Kaklamanakis

Personal information
Born	August 19, 1968 (age 48) Athens, Greece
Medal record Men's sailing Representing  Greece Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Windsurfing-Mistral 2004 Athens Windsurfing-Mistral Windsurfing World Championships 1996 Haifa Mistral 2000 Mar del Plata Mistral 2001 Varkiza Mistral 1995 Port Elizabeth Mistral 2003 Cadiz Mistral Mediterranean Games 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Mistral

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
Gold	European Championship (Mistral)	1994
Silver	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

External links

• Biography: International Sailing Federation (ISAF)
• Lighting the Olympic cauldron