Aikaterini Nikolaidou
Nikolaidou in 2018
Personal information
Born (1992-10-22) 22 October 1992
Katerini, Greece
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country Greece
SportRowing
Event(s)Women's lightweight single sculls, Women's single sculls, Women's double sculls
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2013 ChungjuLW1x
Silver medal – second place2014 AmsterdamLW1x
Silver medal – second place2015 AiguebeletteW2x
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 SevilleLW1x
Gold medal – first place2014 BelgradeLW1x
World Rowing U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Linz-Ottensheim BLW1x
Silver medal – second place2012 Trakai BW2x
Silver medal – second place2014 Varese BLW1x
World Rowing Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2010 Racice JW1x
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Tarragona W1x

Aikaterini "Katerina" Nikolaidou (Greek: Αικατερίνη "Κατερίνα" Νικολαΐδου; born 22 October 1992) is a Greek rower. Nikolaidou represented Greece,[1][2] along with Sofia Asoumanaki at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, finishing in the 4th place (Double sculls).[3][4][5] She also won a silver medal in the lightweight single sculls at the 2013 World Rowing Championships[6] and she won the gold medal in the lightweight single sculls at the 2014 European Champion and 2013 European Champion.[7][8][9][10][11] In 2018 she won the gold medal in the single sculls at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain.[12][13][14][15]

Before joining the Greek National Team of Rowing, she was a swimming athlete. In 2007 as a rower athlete member she joined Nautical Club of Katerini (NOKAT),[16][17][18][19][20] in Katerini. Her father Yiannis Nikolaidis was a rower athlete.

In 2021, she started styding at the private institute of vocational training IEK ALFA[21][22] for the 2-year sports coaching programme.

Katerina Nikolaidou was awarded the Best (Top) Greek Female Athlete Award for 2014[23][24] on 15 December 2014, the Best (Top) Greek Female Athlete Award for 2013[25][26] on 16 December 2013, which they from the Panhellenic Association of Sports Journalists (PSAT) at its annual awards event PSAT Sports Awards took place in the Melina Mercouri Hall of the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus.

References

  1. ↑ "Greek sculler Katerina Nikolaidou was the last runner in the Greek part of the 2016 Torch Relay to Rio de Janeiro". Hear the Boat Sing. 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Katerina Nikolaidou member of the Hellenic Olympic Winners Association". Olympic Winners. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Premiere for the Greek rowing in 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio". ERT Sports. 5 August 2006. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Tsiros, Giorgos; Spanea, Spyridoula (10 August 2016). "Meet the Greeks: Sofia Asoumanaki – Aikaterini Nikolaidou". Greece Is. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Aikaterini Nikolaidou her profile on World Rowing". World Rowing Federation. Archived from the original on 8 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Aikaterini Nikolaidou her profile on European Championships". Archived from the original on 17 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "European Reliance – Sponsor of European Rowing Champion Katerina Nikolaidou". Europaiki Pisti. 27 March 2014. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Aikaterini Nikolaidou her profile of lifetime rowing results on The Sports Organization". The Sports. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "2019 World Rowing Championships, Linz, Austria". Row 360. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021.
  11. ↑ Georgakopoulos, George (2 June 2013). "Katerina Nikolaidou wins the gold medal in the rowing in the European Championships". Kathimerini. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021.
  12. ↑ "Greece finished 6th place at the Mediterranean Games from the 22nd of June to the 1st of July in Tarragona". Ellines. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019.
  13. ↑ "Aikaterini Nikolaidou her profile on Olympics". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021.
  14. ↑ "Greek Olympic Athletes in Rowing". Olympian Database. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021.
  15. ↑ "Katerina Nikolaidou rower wins gold medal in European Championships in Spain". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 3 June 2013. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021.
  16. ↑ Karachalios, Stavros (10 September 2020). "Katerina Nikolaidou latest information for her". Rowit.gr. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020.
  17. ↑ Lemonia, Maria (10 June 2014). "Katerina Nikolaidou on the top of Europe". Protothema. Archived from the original on 29 August 2014.
  18. ↑ Lambiris, Yiannis (2 June 2014). "Katerina Nikolaidou with 'gold' oars in 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio". Ta Nea. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021.
  19. ↑ "Katerina Nikolaidou: the championship sport is a hard matter". Queen.gr. 26 April 2021. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021.
  20. ↑ Nikolaidou, Katerina; Postiglione, Gianni (5 February 2014). "ALPHA TV's Sti Praxi on 2 February 2014". Sylvia Klimaki YouTube channel. Interviewed by Silvia Klimaki. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021.
  21. ↑ Ιδιωτικό Ινστιτούτο Επαγγελματικής Κατάρτισης – ΙΕΚ ΑΛΦΑ (Private Institute of Vocational Training IEK ALFA). IEK ALFA. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021.
  22. ↑ Nikolaidou, Katerina (20 March 2021). "Katerina Nikolaidou interview on Dion TV". Dion TV. Interviewed by Maria Petropoulou. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021.
  23. ↑ "Panhellenic Association of Sports Journalists (PSAT) ‒ 61st PSAT Sports Awards 2014 on 15-12-2014". PSAT (in Greek). 16 December 2014. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021.
  24. ↑ "Greek rower top athlete of the year". World Rowing. 13 January 2014. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021.
  25. ↑ "Panhellenic Association of Sports Journalists (PSAT) ‒ 60th PSAT Sports Awards 2013 on 16-12-2013". PSAT (in Greek). 16 December 2013.
  26. ↑ "Sports Journalist Association honors top athletes of 2013". To Vima. 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021.


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