Argyro Strataki (, born 3 August 1975 in

Heraklion Heraklion or Herakleion ( ; , , ), sometimes Iraklion, is the largest city and the administrative capital city, capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion (regional unit), Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in G ...

) is a

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former

heptathlete A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek ἑπτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hep ...

. She represented her country at the

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in 2004 and 2008. She was also a four-time participant at the

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and a three-time competitor at the

European Athletics Championships The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletic Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe. Editions First held, for me ...

. Her personal best for the heptathlon is 6235 points – a Greek record. Her sole major international medal was a silver at the

2005 Mediterranean Games The XVth Mediterranean Games Almería 2005 (XV Juegos del Mediterráneo 2005 in Spanish), commonly known as the 2005 Mediterranean Games, were the 15th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Almería, Spain over 10 days, from 24 June to 3 Ju ...

. Strataki won six Greek title in the heptathlon from 1998 to 2006, She was also a five-time winner of the

women's pentathlon The pentathlon or women's pentathlon is a combined track and field event in which each woman competes in five separate events over one day (formerly two days). The distance or time for each event is converted to points via scoring tables, with t ...

at the Greek Indoor Championships.Greek Indoor Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-03.

International competitions

Personal bests

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* 1975 births Living people Greek heptathletes Greek female athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Greece Athletes from Heraklion World Athletics Championships athletes for Greece Cretan women Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Greek Athletics Championships winners {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub