Stella Boumi ( gr, Στέλλα Μπούμη; born March 31, 1988) is a Greek former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. She represented her nation

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at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also swam for

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

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. Boumi competed as part of the Greek swimming squad in the

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at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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. Three months before the Games, she cleared a FINA B-standard in 2:14.03 to earn a place on the Olympic team at the Akropolis Grand Prix in

. Boumi posted a 2:14.73 to finish heat two in fifth place and twenty-ninth overall on the evening prelims, failing to advance to the semifinals.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1988 births Living people Greek female backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Greece Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Athens {{Greece-swimming-bio-stub