Afroditi Skafida

Afroditi Skafida (Greek: Αφροδίτη Σκαφίδα; born March 20, 1982) is a female Greek pole vaulter.[1] She is a four-time outdoor and a three-time indoor champion for Greece.

Afroditi Skafida
Personal information
Nationality Greece
Born (1982-03-20) 20 March 1982
Athens, Greece
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Pole vault
ClubAEK FC (GRE)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Pole vault: 4.55 m (2010)

Skafida represented the host nation Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics, coincidentally in her home city, where she competed for the women's pole vault. Despite being cheered by her home crowd, she received no marks in the qualifying rounds of the competition, after failing to clear a height of 4.00 metres.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Skafida improved her performance by successfully clearing the best possible height of 4.30 metres in the women's pole vault. Skafida, however, failed to advance into the final, as she placed sixteenth overall, tying her position with Poland's Joanna Piwowarska and Portugal's Sandra-Helena Tavares.[2]

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Greece
2003 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 8th 4.10 m
Universiade Daegu, South Korea – NM
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece – NM
2005 Mediterranean Games Almería, Spain 3rd 4.15 m
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 20th (q) 4.15 m
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 19th (q) 4.35 m
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 26th (q) 4.30 m
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 11th (q) 4.35 m
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 17th (q) 4.25 m

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Afroditi Skafida". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. "Women's Pole Vault Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.


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