Dimitra Kontou
Greek rower (born 2005)
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Dimitra Eleni "Milena" Kontou (Greek: Δήμητρα Ελένη (Μιλένα) Κοντού; born 23 September 2005) is a Greek rower. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the lightweight double sculls.[1][2]
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| Born | 23 September 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Women's lightweight single sculls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
She was a gold medalist at the 2022 European Rowing U23 Championships in Belgium in the double sculls alongside Styliani Natsioula. She was also later a gold medalist at the 2023 World Rowing U23 Championships, setting a new World Best Time in the process, at the age of 18 years-old.[3]
She was a silver medalist alongside Zoi Fitsiou at the 2023 European Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia, in the lightweight double sculls.[4]
The pair secured a second silver lightweight double sculls silver medal at the 2024 European Rowing Championships in Szeged, Hungary in April 2024.[5]
They gained qualification to the Olympic Games at the qualifying event in Lucerne in May 2024.[6][7] They subsequently reached the final of the lightweight double sculls at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris,[8] and won the bronze medal.
She won silver in the women’s double sculls alongside Zoi Fitsiou at the 2025 European Rowing Championships in Plovdiv.[9]
