Sofia Asoumanaki (; born 25 May 1997) is a Greek rower. She was born in

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, Greece, and was involved in swimming between the ages of 2.5 until 16. During that time, she competed many times on the national level. At the age of 16, she decided to engage herself in

rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically a ...

. Within her first year in the sport, she achieved fourth place at the

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, but also received distinctions and medals in National, Balkan, European, and World Championships. In September 2015, she qualified for the

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, where she represented Greece, along with Katerina Nikolaidou, in the

double sculls A double scull, also abbreviated as a 2x, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat by sculling with two oars each, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are ...

, finishing in fourth place. She also won a silver medal in the double sculls at the

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and in the single sculls at the 2015 World Rowing Junior Championships. Asoumanaki holds the World Indoor Rowing record for 2,000m in the female heavyweight 17–18 age category. After the 2016 Summer Olympics, she studied at the

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* 1997 births Living people Greek female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Greece Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Greece Sportspeople from Rethymno Rowers from Athens Washington Huskies women's rowers 21st-century Greek sportswomen {{Greece-rowing-bio-stub