Who is Nikolaos Kaklamanakis?
I actually tried pronouncing his name out loud. Yes, I hard a difficult time doing it. I can’t even do it fast enough or even in a casual way. Heh. But enough about that. I reckon it’s more important that we take a look at who he is and what his connection is to the Olympics.
Kaklamanakis is a Greek Olympian. His event is held on water, Sailing. He’s a three-time Mistral class windsurfing world champion and a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Sailing. And he was the one who lit the Olympic torch during the opening ceremony of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
His achievements are listed as follows:
Gold European Championship (Mistral) 1994
Bronze IMCO World Championship 1995
Gold Australasian Championship (Mistral) 1995
Gold IMCO World Championship 1996
Gold Atlanta Olympics 1996
Gold Athens EUROLYMP 1998
Gold Mistral World Championship 2000
Bronze International ASA Windsurfing Championship 2001
Gold Mistral World Championship 2001
Silver ISAF World Championship 2003
Silver Athens Olympics 2004
(Source: Wikipedia)
As the Games draw closer, it makes me want to look back and reminisce a bit and that’s why I came across Kaklamanakis. I’m now wondering who will be the next to go down Olympic history as the torch bearer to light the Olympic torch. Anyone have an idea who it might be? I’m actually still researching.
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