Antigoni Drisbioti

OVERVIEW

Antigoni Drisbioti

  • Race Walking
  • 3/1984
  • Sponsoring Partnership Since 2022
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BIOGRAPHY

Antigoni Drisbioti was born in 1984 in Karditsa and is a Greek race walking champion, who has important achievements at an international level, with the most important being the European champion in 2022 in the 20 km and 35 km race walking. She is considered to be one of the best Greek race walkers of all time.

She also took first place in the 35km race walk at the 2021 European Cup of Pontebrandi and 4th place in the 35km race walk at the 2022 Oregon World Championships. She has also won 2 silver medals during  the 2022 World Race Walking Team Championship and during the 2021 European Race Walking Team Championship.

In August 2022 at the European Athletics Championships in Munich, Drisbioti was crowned European champion in the 35 km walk, with a time of 2 hours and 47 minutes. At the age of 38, she became the first Greek woman to win a gold medal in the walking event in a European championship. Four days later, on August 20, she won a second gold in the 20 km walk with 1:29:03.

Antigoni Drisbioti won the Gold Medal at the European Championships in Ponte Brandi in the Czech Republic and the Gold Medal at the Balkan Championships in Antalya. However, the successes did not stop there for 2023, since the Greek athlete managed to win the Bronze Medal in the 35 km Race Walking in the World Championships in Budapest.

ACHIEVEMENTS

2023
World Championships
Budapest
3rd place
2023
European Championships
Pontebrand, Czech Republic
1st place
2023
Balkan Championships
Antalya
1st place
2022
European Athletics Championships Cup (20 km race walking)
1st place
2022
European Athletics Championships (35 km walking)
1st place
2022
World Athletics Championships (35 km race walking)
4th place
2020
Tokyo Summer Olympics Games
8th place
2013
Mediterranean Games
3rd place