Stefanos Ntouskos (; born 29 March 1997) is a Greek competitive rower. He won a gold medal in the

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, at the

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. He previously competed at the

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, in the men's lightweight coxless four, finishing in the sixth place. In November 2023, the

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officially announced that Ntouskos would be the first torch-bearer in the relay from Olympia to

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for the

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* * 1997 births Living people Greek male rowers Olympic rowers for Greece Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games medalists in rowing Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Rowers from Ioannina Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Greece Olympic medalists in rowing 21st-century Greek sportsmen Rowers at the 2024 Summer Olympics {{Greece-rowing-bio-stub