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  Nikolaos Kaklamanakis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (Greek: Νίκος Κακλαμανάκης) is the Greek Gold-medal winner who lit the Olympic torch in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
One of the most popular athletes in Greece, Nikolaos Kaklamanakis is a three-time Mistral class windsurfing world champion and a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Sailing.
In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Kaklamanakis took the silver medal behind Gal Fridman of Israel.
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 Nikolaos Kaklamanakis Prestasinya tak Kalah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Di antara atlet tuan rumah, Yunani, yang patut berbangga karena ikut berperan pada acara penting itu, tidak lain adalah atlet layar, Nikolaos Kaklamanakis.
Atas prestasi yang pernah dibuatnya, Kaklamanakis, pernah dinobatkan sebagai atlet terbaik Yunani pada tahun 1996, dan dipercaya menjadi wakil Yunani, ketika negara ini mengirimkan tim ke Swiss, saat pengajuan diri sebagai tuan rumah Olimpiade 2004.
Sebenarnya kegemarannya pada cabang olah raga layar, tak lain merupakan salah satu kegemarannya pada olah raga yang berbau kecepatan.
www.pikiran-rakyat.com /cetak/0804/15/athena06.htm   (338 words)

  
 Nikolaos Kaklamanakis Beschreibung in Library - Definition und Buch-Tipp. (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (* 19.09 1968 in Athen) ist ein griechischer Windsurfer.
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis entzündete bei der Eröffnungsfeier zu den Olympischen Sommerspielen 2004 in Athen das Olympische Feuer.
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 CANOE -- SLAM! 2004 Games News: Organizers douse flames
Games organizers tried to defuse the controversy that surrounded their choice of Greek windsurfer Nikolaos Kaklamanakis to light the Olympic cauldron at Friday's opening ceremony.
Sprinter Kostas Kenteris was the odds-on favourite, but the bizarre saga of a missed doping test and subsequent motorcycle accident took him out of the mix.
"Using Nikos Kaklamanakis (who won gold in the event at the 1996 Games in Atlanta) linked up with the concept of water in the program because he was a windsurfer," Zachrotos said.
slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Athletics/Games/2004/News/2004/08/15/584598.html   (248 words)

  
 Nikolaos Kaklamanakis - Alle Artikel über Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, a windsurfing gold medalist in 1996, lights the Olympic cauldron.
It was a moment many doubted Greek organizers could pull off, after years of worrisome delays and constant pressure to bolster the most expensive security network ever at an Olympics.
But it was Kaklamanakis, the champion from the centennial Games, that took the honor.
cbs.sportsline.com /print/olympics/story/7571286   (1181 words)

  
 kaklamanakis
Kaklamanakis won the silver medal in the world championships ofthe Mistral in sailing held in Spain.
VARKIZA – De GriekNikos Kaklamanakis heeft onbedreigd het WK Mistral in eigen land gewonnen.
Greek windsurf sensation Nikos Kaklamanakis on Saturday proved he’s a true gentlemaneven while competing, besides being one of the country’s brightest...
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 Nikos Kaklamanakis Olympic gold metal in wind surfing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
By far the «coolest» gold medal, which has made Crete proud, was brought to Greece by Nikos Kaklamanakis, a wind-surfer of Cretan descent.
The rhymed stanza, known as mantinada, used to be recited by Kaklamanakis' father, a native of Agios Vassilios, Rethymnon.
Nikos Kaklamanakis confided to STIGMES about his love for the coastal village of Plakias and how he happened to break the mast of his wind-surfing board in his first attempt.
stigmes.gr /br/brpages/articles/kaklambr.htm   (251 words)

  
 News - Central Jewish Resource   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Kaklamanakis, who finished with silver this year, won the gold in Atlanta.
Then, the Israeli waited for a change in the wind and bolted past the stunned Brazilian, leaving him in the middle of the pack.
However, the wily Greek foiled his plan, breaking ahead in the last leg of the race, at which point Santos self-destructed and ended up finishing 17th, matching his poorest performance of the competition prior to Wednesday.
english.sem40.ru /lenta/news-dir/68547.html   (648 words)

  
 Greek hero Kenteris: Catch him if you can | The San Diego Union-Tribune
The Athens Olympics opened last night with a magnificent four-hour ceremony that culminated in the dramatic entrance of the torch into the stadium.
It was handed to a basketball player from Greece's 1987 European championship team, then a famous soccer player, then a hurdler, a weightlifter, a gymnast and finally to sailor Nikolaos Kaklamanakis.
Kaklamanakis stood at the foot of the staircase leading to the stadium's caldron last night, paused and ran up the steps.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040814/news_lz1s14oly3ken.html   (479 words)

  
 Sailing Medallist, Vol. 1, Sept. '01   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, followed by two coach boats, and seven others missed the first start but where granted redress.
In the men's division Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, from Greece and Gold medal in Atlanta, won his second consecutive World Championship followed by Poland and France.
Peter Wells from Newport Beach was the only US qualifier for the Gold fleet and had great boat speed in 8-18 knots but needed more work and better luck in the strong breeze.
www.ussailing.org /olympics/SailingMedallist/vol2/page5a.htm   (505 words)

  
 2004 Games open in Greece with spectacle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
It ended with Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, a windsurfer who carried the Greek flag in Sydney four years ago, running up a long staircase with the torch to light a 102-foot cauldron.
No signs were evident of the last-minute rush to complete the striking, $132 million stadium.
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis lit the Olympic flame yesterday, signaling the opening of the 2004 Olympic Games.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04227/361653.stm   (1106 words)

  
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Though first place was clearly out of reach, with Poland's Przemek Miarczynski easily taking the gold, winning eight of the first nine races, and clinching the title on Saturday, Friedman lacked the killer instinct he showed December in Pattaya, Thailand, when he became the world champ.
Friedman, who together with Joao Rodrigues of Portugal trailed Greek rival Nikolaos Kaklamanakis by two points going into the final race on Sunday, came in ninth, two spots behind Kaklamanakis and missing out on the silver medal.
Friedman finished with 57 points, Kaklamanakis with 53, and Rodrigues, who came in 13th in the final race, had 61 points.
www.jr.co.il /pictures/israel/history/a030921.txt   (613 words)

  
 KoreaTimes : Olympic sailing mistral gold medalist Nikolaos Kaklamanakis lights the Olympic cauldron during the opening ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
KoreaTimes : Olympic sailing mistral gold medalist Nikolaos Kaklamanakis lights the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony on Friday in Athens.
The Olympic flame traveled 78,000 kilometers in 26 countries during the torch relay.
Olympic sailing mistral gold medalist Nikolaos Kaklamanakis lights the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony on Friday in Athens.
times.hankooki.com /lpage/photosalon/200408/kt2004081516305611530.htm   (66 words)

  
 Athens 2004: Dempsey challenging for medal - bymnews.com
There will be all to play for on day twelve of the 2004 Olympic Games, as Mistral windsurfer Nick Dempsey attempts to convert his fourth place into a medal position.
Going into today, Dempsey is currently lying in fourth place overall, ten points off third placed Nikolaos Kaklamanakis of Greece and twelve away from Gal Fridman of Israel who is in silver medal position.
He will be looking to have the race of his regatta to try and challenge for the medal places.
www.bymnews.com /new/content/view/2743/88   (460 words)

  
 Kleppich Improves Position as Competition Heats Up
Gal Fridman (ISR) and Ricardo Santos (BRA) are on equal points in 1st and 2nd.
With Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (GRE) just 6 point sbehind in 3rd.
With three races remaining Israel’s Gal Fridman and Brazil’s Ricardo Santos sit on equal points, while the athlete chosen to light the cauldron at the Athens Opening Ceremony, Nikolaos Kaklamanakis
www.yachting.org.au /?Page=12241   (240 words)

  
 Rhianna's Groovy Tarot BLOG: What's in The Cards?: KAKLAMANAKIS lit the cauldron
"ATHENS, 14 August- Nikolaos KAKLAMANAKIS, made history tonight when he carried the torch through the field of play of the Olympic Stadium, as the last bearer to lit the cauldron and get the Games underway.
Atlanta's gold medallist in the Mistral class of Sailing received the torch from Ioannis MELISSANIDIS, a fellow gold Olympic medallist in 1996 Floor Exercises of the Gymnastics Artistic.
Legendary basketball player Nikolaos GALLIS entered the Stadium with the flame and run the first leg passing the torch over to another Greek sporting hero, veteran Football player Dimitrios (''Mimis'') DOMAZOS."
www.groovy-rhianna.com /2004/08/kaklamanakis-lit-cauldron.html   (211 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Friday at the Games
Yao Ming carries the flag of China during opening ceremonies Friday.
Greek windsurfing champion Nikolaos Kaklamanakis lit the Olympic cauldron to open the Games.
He is a three-time world champion who won a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and carried the Greek flag in Sydney four years later.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595084060,00.html   (277 words)

  
 Windsurfer wins first-ever gold for Israel - MSNBC - MSNBC.com
Fridman’s victory came after Ricardo Santos of Brazil, the leader through 10 races, finished 17th in the finale.
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis of Greece won the silver, and Nick Dempsey of Britain took the bronze.
Faustine Merret of France won the gold in the women’s race.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5815432   (604 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
After a protest, race 1 of the Men's Mistral was abandoned as none of the boats finished the course in correct fashion.
Nikolaos KAKLAMANAKIS (GRE), the torchbearer who lit the cauldron at the Olympic stadium, was obviously still on a high as he took first place in the opening race for the Men's Mistral Fleet today!
Nikos KAKLAMANAKIS (GRE), 1996 Olympic Gold Medallist was the torchbearer who lit the cauldron at the Olympic stadium during the opening ceremony of the 28th Olympic Games.
www.imco.org.cob-web.org:8888 /page0153v01.htm   (6132 words)

  
 Fridman earns Israel's first Olympic gold AFP - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
ATHENS (AFP) — Windsurfer Gal Fridman earned Israel's first Olympic gold medal as some of the Games' less traditional sports took center stage in Athens.
Fridman, 28, a bronze medallist in Atlanta in 1996, won the men's mistral gold ahead of Greece's Nikolaos Kaklamanakis and Briton Nick Dempsey.
The triumph sparked celebrations at home in Israel, and a congratulatory call from Israeli President Moshe Katsav.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200408/ai_n6855996   (201 words)

  
 BYM Gallery - Boating Personalities/Mistral Men Podium
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Olympic Gold Gal Fridman Israel, Silver Nikolaos Kaklamanakis Greece, Bronze Nick Dempsey Great Britain.
Mistral Men Podium Gold Gal Fridman Israel Silver Nikolaos Kaklamanakis Bronze Nick Dempsey Great Britain
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Athens, Greece - Gal Fridman became the first Israeli to win an Olympic gold medal on Wednesday, August 25, 2004, after edging Greece's Nikolaos Kaklamanakis for the men's windsurfing title.
Fridman dedicated his award to the memory of 11 Israeli athletes killed after a Palestinian attack on the Olympic village in Munich, Germany, in 1972.
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