Eleni Iakovaki
Greek athlete (born 2009)
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Eleni Iakovaki (born 15 April 2009) is a Greek sprinter. She won the Greek Indoor Championships over 400 metres in 2026, and was the European under-18 champion that year in the 400 metres hurdles.
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| Born | 15 April 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
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She was also a bronze medalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships.[1]
Biography
The daughter of Greek European champion hurdler Periklis Iakovakis, her mother also competed in athletics.[2]
In 2026, she won the Greek Indoor Athletics Championships over 400 metres in 53.95 seconds.[3] Iakovaki went into the 2026 European Athletics U18 Championships as the European under-18 leader for the 400 metres with a time of 53.34 seconds, and won her preliminary heat.[2][4][5] She subsequently won the final in a Greek U18 best of 52.38 seconds to win the gold medal ahead of Sophia Akuchi Emmanuel from Hungary.[6] The time set new Greek records in both the under-18 and under-20 categories.[7] She represented Greece at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships, winning the bronze medal in the 400 metres hurdles final in a Greek under-20 national record of 55.99 seconds.[8][9] She was nominated for European Athletics Women’s Rising Star for 2026.[10]