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Born | Mytilene, Greece | 23 September 2005|||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Women's lightweight single sculls | |||||||||||||||||
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Dimitra Eleni "Milena" Kontou ( Greek: Δήμητρα Ελένη (Μιλένα) Κοντού; born 23 September 2005) is a Greek rower. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the lightweight double sculls. [1]
She was a gold medalist at the 2022 European Rowing U23 Championships in Belgium in the double sculls alongside Styliani Natsioula. She was also later a gold medalist at the 2023 World Rowing U23 Championships, setting a new World Best Time in the process, at the age of 18 years-old. [2]
She was a silver medalist alongside Zoi Fitsiou at the 2023 European Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia, in the lightweight double sculls. [3]
The pair secured a second silver lightweight double sculls silver medal at the 2024 European Rowing Championships in Szeged, Hungary in April 2024. [4]
They gained qualification to the Olympic Games at the qualifying event in Lucerne in May 2024. [5] [6] They subsequently reached the final of the lightweight double sculls at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [7]
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Born | Mytilene, Greece | 23 September 2005|||||||||||||||||
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Country | Greece | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Women's lightweight single sculls | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dimitra Eleni "Milena" Kontou ( Greek: Δήμητρα Ελένη (Μιλένα) Κοντού; born 23 September 2005) is a Greek rower. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the lightweight double sculls. [1]
She was a gold medalist at the 2022 European Rowing U23 Championships in Belgium in the double sculls alongside Styliani Natsioula. She was also later a gold medalist at the 2023 World Rowing U23 Championships, setting a new World Best Time in the process, at the age of 18 years-old. [2]
She was a silver medalist alongside Zoi Fitsiou at the 2023 European Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia, in the lightweight double sculls. [3]
The pair secured a second silver lightweight double sculls silver medal at the 2024 European Rowing Championships in Szeged, Hungary in April 2024. [4]
They gained qualification to the Olympic Games at the qualifying event in Lucerne in May 2024. [5] [6] They subsequently reached the final of the lightweight double sculls at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [7]