Mirela Maniani

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Mirela Maniani (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA"., born 21 December 1976) is a Greek retired track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She was named the Greek Female Athlete of the Year for 2003.

Life and athletic achievements

Albania

Maniani was born as Mirela Manjani on 21 December 1976 in Durrës, Albania. In 1996, at the University of Alabama she set a new Albanian national record at 62.46 m (as of 2017, she still holds the national record of Albania).[1] She represented Albania at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA and ranked 24th overall. During the competition she was also Albania's flag bearer.[2]

Greece

After marrying a Greek citizen, the weightlifter Georgios Tzelilis, she received Greek citizenship and represented Greece at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens. Her first major success came in 1999 in Seville, where she won the gold medal at the World Championships with a throw of 67.09 m. Her performance was considered as a world record, as a new type of javelin had been introduced in 1999. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she won the silver medal with a personal best of 67.51 m. She also won the bronze medal in 2004. Maniani is also a European champion and double world champion. Her personal best throw of 67.51 metres is the current Greek record.[3]

Maniani joined the Hellenic Navy in 1999.[4]

Personal life

Mirela Maniani was married to the weightlifter Georgios Tzelilis in 1997, and became a Greek citizen. She was known as Mirela Maniani-Tzelili until 2002, when she divorced Tzelilis. Maniani has one daughter from her third wedding with the Greek basketball player, Giannis Giannoulis.[5]

International competitions

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1994 World Junior Championships Lisbon, Portugal 8th 52.22 m (old spec.)
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 22nd (q) 49.96 m (old spec.)
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 12th 55.56 m
European Junior Championships Nyíregyháza, Hungary 2nd 59.36 m (old spec.)
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 24th (q) 55.64 m
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1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 11th 61.02 m
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 9th 58.65 m
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 1st 67.09 m CR
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 2nd 67.51 m =NR
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 2nd 65.78 m
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 1st 67.47 m CR
2003 World Championships Paris, France 1st 66.52 m WL
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 3rd 64.29 m

References

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