Alexia Smirli (also ''Alexia Smyrli'', ; born 25 October 1983 in

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) is a Greek sport shooter. She was selected as one of eleven shooters to represent the host nation

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at the

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, and had attained a top nine finish in a major international competition, spanning the

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series and the European Championships. Smirli trains under Russian-born head coach Anna Pelova for the national team, while shooting at Maroussi Paradise Athletics Club () on the outskirts of

. Smirli was named as part of the host nation's shooting team to compete in the women's 10 m air rifle at the

. She had registered a minimum qualifying score of 394 from her outside-final finish at the

meet in

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to fill in one of the Olympic berths reserved to the host nation, after the Hellenic Shooting Federation decided to exchange spots in her pet event with the unused quotas from the women's skeet. Smirli shot a decent 391 out of a possible 400 to tie for twenty-seventh place with four other markswomen in the qualifying round, failing to advance further to the final.

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