Ekaterini Voggoli

Aikaterini Vongoli (Greek Αικατερίνη Βόγγολη, also Aikaterini Voggoli; born October 30, 1970 in Larissa ) is a retired Greek discus thrower.

It was in 1989 for the first time Greek champion and could this success in 1990, 1998, 2001, 2003 and 2004 repeat. Together with their long time rival Anastasia Kelesidou they improved the Greek record of 57 meters to 67 meters. Since 2004 Vongoli holds the record with 67.72 meters Greek, which they surpassed Kelesidous record from 1999 by two centimeters.

After a 11th place at the European Junior Championships in 1988 and winning the championship in 1994, Balkan Vongoli placed at the European Championships in Budapest in 1998 with 63.56 meters to place fifth at the World Championships in 1999 in Seville, it was 61.00 meters Eleventh. She was so behind Kelesidou at No. 2 and Styliani Tsikouna 8th place only third best Greek in the competition. Also behind her two teammates was Vongoli in ninth with 61.57 meters at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. At the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton did not reach the finals in 14th qualifying.

In Munich at the European Championships in Munich in 2002, once again reached the final three Greek women. Areti Abatzi finished sixth, Kelesidou won bronze and Vongoli won the title with 64.31 meters. Your second major medal winning Vongoli at the 2003 World Championships in Paris / Saint- Denis. With 66.73 meters she won bronze behind Iryna Jatschanka ( BLR) with 67.32 meters and 67.14 meters with Kelesidou. At the end of her career Vongoli occupied at the Olympic Games in Athens 2004 with 62.37 meters eighth.

At a height of 1.73 m her competition weight was 89 kg.