Vassiliki Arvaniti
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Vassiliki Arvaniti (born March 17, 1985 in Athens, Greece) is a female beach volleyball
player from Greece
, who won the gold medal at the 2005 European Championships in Moscow, Russia, partnering Vasso Karadassiou
. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics
in her home town.
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....
player from Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, who won the gold medal at the 2005 European Championships in Moscow, Russia, partnering Vasso Karadassiou
Vasso Karadassiou
Vasiliki Karantasiou is a female beach volleyball player from Greece, who won the gold medal at the 2005 European Championships in Moscow, Russia, partnering Vassiliki Arvaniti...
. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
in her home town.