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	Fani Halkia - Phantis
		Fani Halkia (Greek: Φανή Χαλκιά; born 2 February 1979 in Larisa, Greece) is a Greek athlete.
		The victory was all the more memorable for Fani as it came in front of her home fans.
		Fani Halkia was a former high jumper, and had studied to become a TV journalist in 2000/2001 when injured.
	wiki.phantis.com /index.php/Fani_Halkia (118 words)

	ekathimerini.com \| Fani Halkia stuns Greece with gold
		Fani Halkia (2nd r) celebrates as she wins the women’s 400-meter hurdles final at the main Olympic Stadium last night.
		Fani Halkia gave Greece its most exhilarating win in these Games, with a phenomenal performance that left her rivals way behind in the women's 400-meter hurdles final.
		Halkia had served notice of her intentions in the semifinal on Sunday when she set a new Olympic record of 52.77.
	www.ekathimerini.com /4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100004_26/08/2004_46540 (549 words)

	World-Track:: Olympic champion Halkia returns on a winning note
		Fani Halkia of Greece (L) celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the women's 400-metres hurdles final in Athens (Kurt Morris/Western Images/Sportinking)
		ATHENS, GREECE - Greece's Fani Halkia, the 2004 Athens Olympic 400m Hurdles champion returned to the track on a winning note after she won that event at the Greek National Clubs Championships at the weekend.
		Halkia, who sprung one of the biggest surprises in Athens 2004 when she defeated Australian Jana Pittman in the event, said despite the slow time, she was happy with the win.
	world-track.org /KIND0006/halkiafani9485.htm (339 words)

	Track & Field News: Oly Champ Halkiá Returns To Athens Stadium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Fani Halkia returns to the Olympic Stadium of Athens, where she won the golden medal in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
		The last time that Fani Chalkia competed in a race of 400m hurdles in the Olympic Stadium of Athens, was in August 25th 2004, when she won the golden medal in the Olympic Games.
		Apart from Fani Halkia, in the event will also participate the Russian Isakova who has achieved this year 54.45, performance which is this year’s best in Europe, as well as Stambolova from Bulgaria who has achieved 54.55, performance which is this year’s second best in Europe.
	www.trackandfieldnews.com /tfn/displayArticle.jsp?id=10209 (330 words)

	Fame but questions for Halkia
		Fani Halkia hurtled from virtual obscurity to become Olympic women's 400 metres hurdles champion on Wednesday, giving Greece a new sports diva to hail but sparking a barrage of questions over her rise to prominence.
		Halkia, a former high jumper who quit athletics and became a journalist before making a dramatic comeback, won in a time of 52.82 seconds to claim the gold medal by more than half a second, the largest margin of victory in the last five Olympics.
		Halkia said it was good that drugs cheats had been caught but then came out in support of top Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou who withdrew after missing a drugs test amid mysterious circumstances on the eve of the Olympics.
	inhome.rediff.com /sports/2004/aug/26oly-ath7.htm (866 words)

	Halkia quit TV, became a star - Athens Olympics 2004 - ABC Sport.
		Fani Halkia of Greece crosses the line first, with Jana Pittman trailing in the background.
		Halkia quit training altogether and spent a year studying at a journalism college in Athens before starting work on a current affairs show at one of Greece's private television stations.
		Her colleagues were happy with her progress at her new job but some of them were still of the opinion that she should be breaking records not stories.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/features/2004/s1186135.htm (470 words)

	Faní Halkiá
		The pictures above show Fani Halkia on her way to Gold in the final of the 400m hurdles at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
		The victory was all the more memorable for Fani as it came in front of her home fans.
		In the semi-final on the 22nd August Halkia had set a new Olympic record of 52.77, eclipsing the previous best of 52.82 set by Jamaica's Deon Hemmings at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
	www.sporting-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=2975 (85 words)

	Halkia delights Greeks with impressive victory -DAWN - Sport; 27 August, 2004
		ATHENS, Aug 26: Fani Halkia drove the crowd at the Olympic Stadium into a frenzy on Wednesday when she strode imperiously to Greece's second athletics gold of the Games in the women's 400 metres hurdles final.
		Halkia, a former high jumper who has improved her personal best by nearly three-and-a-half seconds in the past year, was greeted with rapturous applause when she was introduced before the race.
		The extent of Halkia's improvement this year can be judged by her performance in the Budapest world indoor championships this year.
	www.dawn.com /2004/08/27/spt11.htm (410 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Olympics 2004 \| Athletics \| Halkia sends Greece wild
		Greece's Fani Halkia stormed to 400m hurdles gold to send the crowd in the Olympic Stadium wild.
		Halkia, who set a new Olympic record in qualifying, accelerated off the top bend and raced clear to the title.
		Halkia's win is a redemption of sorts for the hosts after the scandal involving Kostas Kenderis and Ekaterina Thanou which blighted the start of the Games.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/olympics_2004/athletics/3589256.stm (201 words)

	Fani HALKIA Wins GOLD in Athens - Unfretted Forum
		Fani Halkia of Greece wins GOLD in the Women's 400 Metres Hurdles race at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
		Halkia, hailed by one Greek tabloid as a "Winged Goddess", stormed to Olympic victory, sparking nationwide jubilation.
		I've got it; Fani Halkia is an anagram of: I kanah fail.
	www.unfretted.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=81 (280 words)

	Leaps & Bounds \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Better that everyone is talking about what banned substances Halkia may or may not be taking instead of her.
		Fani Halkia, unknown outside Greece, commanding full attention by winning the women's 400-meter hurdles in 52.82.
		Halkia, 25, trailed reigning world champion Jana Pittman of Australia until the top of the homestretch, where she found another gear and left everyone looking at her spikes.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040826/news_lz1x26leaps.html (802 words)

	CNN.com - Halkia win sends Athens crowd wild - Aug 25, 2004
		The 25-year-old winner, who came from nowhere to run the sixth fastest time in history during the semi-finals, knelt on the ground to kiss the track after her triumph as the crowd cheered.
		Last to settle in her blocks after being drawn in lane four, she drew level with Pittman outside her at halfway before leading down the last 100 meters and pulling further away after clearing the final hurdle.
		Kept out of the international spotlight by her coaching team this season, the former high jumper was putting together an incredible series of performances, improving her personal best by almost three-and-a-half seconds in 12 months.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/SPORT/08/25/olympics.athletics (1317 words)

	Fani Halkia lights the Olympic flame from the cauldron \| Olympics Blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Fani Halkia lights the Olympic flame from the cauldron
		Fani Halkia lights the Olympic flame from the cauldron
		Greece's Fani Halkia, Olympic gold medallist at the Athens Games in the women's 400-meter hurdles, kindles a cauldron with the flame for the Turin 2006 Winter Games, as actress Theodora Siarkou, in role of an ancient Greek high priestess, looks on during a ceremony at the Panathenean stadium in Athens, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005.
	www.everytwoyears.com /fani-halkia-lights-olympic-flame (213 words)

	<<-- G R E E K C I T Y-->>: Halkia wins gold in hurdles, : Interview
		Every night, the stands are full, the blue and white Greek flags are waving, and last night, Fani Halkia had them in hysterics over her powerful victory in the women's 400-meter hurdles.
		Halkia, like Freeman, entered the race as a slight favorite; Halkia had set an Olympic record of 52.77 seconds in the event's semifinal round.
		Comments from Fani HALKIA (GRE), Olympic champion in the Women's 400m Hurdles at a press conference.
	www.greekcity.com.au /content/content.cfm?id=902 (635 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| olympics \| news Greek hurdler clinches stunning triumph
		Fani Halkia sent host nation Greece into raptures on Wednesday as she produced an astonishing performance to pull off a stunning upset and win the Olympic Games women's 400 metres hurdles.
		The 25-year-old recorded the second best ever time at an Olympic Games — she already held the Olympic Games record after the semifinals — as she thrashed a field including the world record holder, the world champion and a two-time European champion.
		Halkia produced the most eye-catching performance as she simply stormed away from one of the highest class fields ever assembled for a final.
	sport.iafrica.com /olympics/news/343681.htm (900 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Greek Fani Halkia wins women's 400m hurdles gold (with results) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Greece's Fani Halkia captured the women's 400m hurdles gold medal before a boisterous home crowd at the Olympic Games in Athens on August 25.
		Jana Pittman of Australia, the reigning world champion, led the race until the final bend before Halkia started her final push for the gold.
		Halkia set an Olympic record of 52.77 in the second semifinal to qualify fastest for the final by more than half a second.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /200408/26/print20040826_154831.html (247 words)

	Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 04-08-26
		Greek athlete Fani Halkia finished in 52.82 to win the gold medal in the women's 400m hurdles final on Wednesday.
		Greece's 400m hurdles winner Halkia says 'I was certain I would win': In statements after winning the gold medal in the women's 400m hurdles on Wednesday night, Greece's Fani Halkia said:"I am very happy.
		PM congratulates Fani Halkia for winning gold medal in women's 400m hurdles race: Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis congratulated Fani Halkia for winning the gold medal in the women's 400 hurdles race in the Olympic Games on Wednesday night.
	www.hri.org /cgi-bin/brief?/news/greek/ana/2004/04-08-26.ana.html (4445 words)

	Fani Halkia brings the Turin Winter Olympics flame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Greek athlete Fani Halkia, who won gold in the 400m hurdles in Athens last year, brought the flame into the venue to light a bronze cauldron.
		Fani Halkia was the last of 534 runners who carried the torch on the 10-day relay through Greece.
		The Olympic flame was handed over to Turin organising chief Valentino Castellani at the ceremony attended by Greek President Karolos Papoulias and the heads of the Greek and Italian Olympic committees.
	www.girlstalksports.com /Special-Reports/Olympics/Fani-Halkia-brings-the-Turin-Winter-Olympics-flame-20051206457 (280 words)

	Fani Halkia love match at CelebMatch.com
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	Olympic Glory - The Games of the XXVIIIth Olympiad - Unofficial Coverage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		She led Yulia Pechenkina of Russia and local hero Fani Halkia.
		Then, Halkia, who broke the Olympic Record in her semifinal, found a lift from the crowd and came to the shoulder of Pittman - then went past in the home straight.
		Fani Halkia was head and shoulders above the rest of the field, winning by a few metres.
	www.angelfire.com /wa3/goldenglory (817 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Halkia fends off questions
		Greek Fani Halkia's first couple of hours as an Olympic champion were spent largely fending off questions about how she could possibly have run the 400 metres hurdles faster this year than she raced the same distance on the flat in 2003.
		Rather than by any foul means, Halkia has hailed her coach's techniques as the secret to her Games success.
		She said: "In order to have great success, you must have someone do a good job laying the groundwork.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2004/0826/halkia1.html (131 words)

	YouTube - Fani Halkia wins 400mH in Athens Olympic Games 2004
		Hmoun ekei,to xarhka den lew,evlepa th fani na katapinei oti htan gyrw ths,alla twra ti kanei omws?Eida tous xronous ths prin thn olympiada kai htan 4" apgoteroi apo autous ths olympiadas....Ti egine?Ksafnika phre ta panw ths pou erexe sthn patrida ths?
		Halkia's victory here was one of the golden moments.
		Fani Halkia Chalkia 400mH olympic athletics 2004 athens (more) (less)
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=tLDggAo395Q (324 words)

	Greece's new heroine speaks - Sify.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Athens: Fani Halkia hurtled from virtual obscurity to become Olympic women's 400 meters hurdles champion on Wednesday, giving Greece a new sports diva to hail but sparking a barrage of questions over her rise to prominence.
		Hellas" boomed around the packed Olympic Stadium as Halkia did a lap of honor, waving Greece's blue and white flag.
		It was a moment to savor for the host nation after it had also suffered the embarrassment of seeing weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis stripped of his bronze medal after testing positive.
	sify.com /sports/olympics/fullstory.php?id=13552840 (855 words)

	[TPR] - #146 - HALKIA’S RISE FROM OBSCURITY - 26-August-2004
		ATHENS — (26-Aug) — Fani Halkia’s meteoric rise from obscurity reached a triumphant climax with her gold medal-winning performance in the 400 meter hurdles last night, providing the biggest surprise by far of these Olympic Games.
		The commission was not probing performance-enhancing drug allegations, but rather why the pair failed to make themselves available to drug testers prior to and during their stay in Athens.
		The difficult job for Halkia will be to summon her Greek soul to ensure that her Olympic triumph won’t follow a path similar to the Australian’s.
	www.trackprofile.com /tpr146.html (2155 words)

	ireland.com / Today / Sport / Olympics 2004
		25/08/2004: Fani Halkia of Greece revived memories of Cathy Freeman's famous victory at the Sydney Games by delivering a magnificent gold for the hosts in tonight's 400metres hurdles final.
		Just as Freeman wrote herself into Olympic legend with her stunning 400m run four years ago, so Halkia established herself as a name to never forget.
		The race pitched Falkia against the reigning world and Commonwealth champions Jana Pittman of Australia, but it was a no-contest.
	www.ireland.com /sports/olympics2004/2004/0825/1091051897593.html (149 words)

	Greek Woman Sets Olympic 400 Hurdles Mark (phillyBurbs.com) \| Olympics
		ATHENS, Greece - Fani Halkia of Greece thrilled the sold-out Olympic Stadium crowd Sunday by setting an Olympic record of 52.77 seconds while winning her semifinal heat of the 400-meter hurdles.
		Halkia broke the previous record of 52.82 set by Jamaica's Deon Hemmings at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
		American Lashinda Demus faded at the end of Halkia's heat and finished fifth, failing to advance to the final.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/48-08222004-352909.html (205 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Fani Halkia of Greece celebrates winning the 400m Hurdles (Getty Images)
		Kalamata, Greece - The long expected return of Fani Halkia, the Olympic 400m Hurdles champion, to international level competition, and the participation of the World Pole Vault champion Brad Walker confirm that the host club Messiniakos GS has assembled a high standard meeting in Kalamata, “Papaflesia 2006”, this Saturday, 3 June.
		Halkia returns to international level competition in Kalamata, after opening her season domestically at the end of April, running a 57.03 in the Greek Clubs Championships in Athens.
	213.92.22.28 /news/Kind=2/newsId=34817.html (1032 words)

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