Athanassios "Thanasis" Tsakiris () (born 15 January 1965 in

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) is a Greek biathlete and cross-country skier. He competed for Greece at five Olympics in 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, and

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in cross country skiing and biathlon. He was selected to be his nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. His daughter Panagiota Tsakiri competed for Greece in cross-country at the 2006 Olympics (as a fifteen-year-old) and in biathlon at the 2010 Olympics.

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1965 births Greek male biathletes Greek male cross-country skiers Olympic biathletes for Greece Olympic cross-country skiers for Greece Biathletes at the 1992 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Living people Sportspeople from Drama, Greece 20th-century Greek sportsmen {{Greece-biathlon-bio-stub