Athina Tzavella
Personal information
Full nameAthina Tzavella
National team Greece
Born (1988-01-09) 9 January 1988
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke, medley
ClubPanellinios G.S.
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Greece
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Glasgow 200 m medley

Athina Tzavella (Greek: Αθηνά Τζαβέλλα; born 9 January 1988) is a Greek former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke and individual medley events.[1] Tzavella won a bronze medal in the 200 m individual medley at the 2003 European Junior Swimming Championships in Glasgow, Scotland with a time of 2:16.35, 0.11 of a second behind her teammate Vasiliki Angelopoulou.[2] Having reached a B-standard entry time by FINA, Tzavella earned a spot on the Greek team for the Olympics.[3]

Tzavella represented the host nation Greece, as a 16-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, competing in two swimming events. In the 200 m individual medley, Tzavella challenged seven other swimmers, including U.S. swimmer and three-time Olympian Amanda Beard on the third heat of the morning's preliminaries. She finished only in seventh place for her heat and twenty-third overall by less than 0.22 of a second behind Malaysia's Siow Yi Ting with a time of 2:20.30.[4] In her second event, 200 m breaststroke, Tzavella recorded a slowest time of 2:40.18 on the same heat, finishing thirty-first overall in the preliminaries.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Athina Tzavella". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Britain and Russia Dominate, but Cseh Wins Fourth Gold as Euro Juniors End". Swimming World Magazine. 3 August 2003. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Swimming – Women's 200m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Women's 200m Individual Medley Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Women's 200m Breaststroke Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. ↑ Thomas, Stephen (16 August 2004). "Women's 200 Individual Medley Prelims Day 3: Klochkova Aims for Repeat Olympic Gold; Americans Qualify 3rd and 4th". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.


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