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Place of Birth: Athens, Attica Region, Greece
About Aikaterini Sarakatsani
- Aikaterini "Katia" Sarakatsani (Greek: ???ate???? Sa?a?ats???; born 3 January 1977) is a Greek swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke and individual medley events.
- She is a three-time Olympian (1996, 2000, and 2004), a former Greek record holder in the breaststroke, and a member of the swimming team for Hawaii Rainbow Warriors at the University of Hawaii, under head coach Vojko Race. Sarakatsani made her first Greek team, as a 19-year-old, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
- She failed to reach the top 16 final in any of her individual events, finishing twenty-third in the 200 m individual medley (2:19.74), and twenty-fifth in the 400 m individual medley (4:56.32).
- She also placed twenty-second, as a member of the Greek team, in the 4×100 m medley relay (4:24.80).At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Sarakatsani competed only in the 200 m individual medley.
- Swimming in heat two, she raced to sixth place and thirtieth overall by 0.07 of a second behind Argentina's Maria Garrone in 2:23.05.When her nation hosted the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Sarakatsani decided to focus instead on the 100 m breaststroke.
- She posted a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:11.27 from the Mare Nostrum Swim Meet in Belgrade.
- She challenged seven other swimmers in heat five, including top medal favorites Amanda Beard of the United States, and Luo Xuejuan of China.
- She rounded out the field to last place in 1:12.46, more than a second off her entry time.
- Sarakatsani ended her third Olympic stint by sharing a twenty-ninth place tie with Argentina's Javiera Salcedo in the prelims.After a decade out of competitive swimming, Sarakatsani began to train for a possible twelve-year Olympic comeback and her fourth Games in 2014 under the aquatics club Ionikos Nikaias.
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