Angeliki Exarchou

Who is Angeliki Exarchou?

Angeliki Exarchou is a Greek swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. She collected a silver medal, and dipped under a 1:10 barrier in the 100 m breaststroke at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy, in a Greek record of 1:08.99.

Exarchou qualified for two swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by clearing FINA B-standard entry times of 1:09.35 and 2:30.05 from the Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand. In the 100 m breaststroke, Exarchou challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including Universiade titleholder Jung Seul-Ki of South Korea, and two-time Olympians Inna Kapishina of Belarus and Diana Gomes of Portugal. She raced to sixth place and thirtieth by two hundredths of a second behind Turkey's Dilara Buse Günaydın in 1:10.47. In her second event, 200 m breaststroke, Exarchou rounded out the third heat to last place by more than 2 seconds behind Argentina's Agustina de Giovanni in 2:36.83. Exarchou failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-ninth overall in the preliminary heats.