Anastasia Kelesidou

Anastasia Kelesidou (Greek Αναστασία Κελεσίδου, ​​born November 28, 1972 in Hamburg) is a former Greek discus thrower, which until 2004 won a medal at any major championship of 1999.

Kelesidou 1991, 1993-1997, 1999, 2000 and 2002 Greek Champion. In 1999 she presented to her personal best of 67.70 meters. This litter was her ninth Greek record. 2004 surpassed Aikaterini Vongoli this record by two inches.

1994 Kelesidou won silver at the U23 European Championships. In 1995, she reached at the World Championships in Gothenburg for the first time a grand finale and was eleventh. At the 1997 World Championships in Athens, she could not qualify as 15 qualifying for the final.

At the European Championships 1998, she was with 62,95 meters seventh. Your first medal she won at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, when she received with 66.05 meter silver behind Franka Dietzsch. Also the second place they reached at the Olympic Games 2000. 65.71 meters with them, however, was almost three meters behind Elina Swerawa. At the 2001 World Championships she won in competition with 65.50 meters of space 4 behind Natalya Sadowa, Elina and Nicoleta Grasu Swerawa. After Sadowa 2005 was retroactively disqualified for excessive caffeine levels, Kelesidou subsequently received bronze.

In Munich at the European Championships in 2002 Kelesidou won with 63.92 meters bronze behind Vongoli and Sadowa. Behind Iryna Jatschanka, but before Vongoli Kelesidou won with 67.14 meters silver medal at the 2003 World Championships in Paris. At the end of their careers and Vongoli Kelesidou occurred in the 2004 Olympics in Athens. While Vongoli only finished a disappointing eighth place, Kelesidou won with 66.68 meters and 34 cm behind Sadowa again Olympic silver.

At a height of 1.92 m her competition weight was 86 kg.