Tasoula Kelesidou

Silver medal, September 27, 2000, Tasoula Kelesidou, discus. Sydney 2000

Tasoula Kelesidou easily qualified for the discus grand final. She had achieved a shot at 63.64, the qualification limit was 63.00. In the final, this time without stress and with an enormous self-confidence, she started strong and threw the discus to 65.71 in the very first throw, a performance that should have earned her the silver medal, because only the very experienced Elina Zvereva from Belarus could surpass her with a distance of 68.40. The race was normal after that, and although there were experienced athletes with many awards, none of them managed to surpass Kelesidou’s 65.71. The bronze medal went to Yatchenko with 65.20. The throws of the silver medalists were 65.71, 63.20, 62.59, 64.58, 63.07 and 61.85. The final: Zvereva (Belarus) 68.40 Kelesidou (Greece) 65.71 Yachenko (Belarus) 65.20 Sadova (Russia) 65.00 Tsikouna (Greece) 64.08 Dietzsch 63.18 Wyludda (Germany) 63.16 Vizaniari (Australia) 62.57

Silver medal, August 21, 2004, Tasoula Kelesidou, discus throw. Athens 2004

Tasoula Kelesidou took revenge on herself in the Olympic Stadium in Athens, where she had failed in the 1997 World Athletics Championships. For the second Olympic Games in a row, the outstanding Greek champion won the silver medal to the cheers of Greek fans. This makes her the first Greek athlete in the history of the institution to win two Olympic medals in one sport. Both silver. The throw that led to her triumph was 66.68 and had originally put her in first place. The gold medal was eventually won by Natalia Sadova of Russia with a throw of 67.02. The final: Sadova (Russia) 67.02 Kelesidou (Greece) 66.68 Pospisilova (Czech Republic) 66.08 Antonova (Ukraine) 65.75 Gradinaru (Romania) 64.92 Faumuina (New Zealand) 63.45 Vongoli (Greece) 62.37.