Personal information | |
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Nationality | Greece |
Born | Marousi, Greece | 18 August 1990
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Synchronized swimming |
Club | Ballets Nautiques de Strasbourg |
Despoina Solomou (born 18 August 1990) is a Greek synchronized swimmer who competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. [1] On both occasions, she competed in the women's duets. In 2008, she competed with Evanthia Makrygianni and in 2012, she competed with Evangelia Platanioti. [1] Solomou took up the sport at the age of six, and made her international debut in 2006. [2] In 2007, she won the duet event at the European Junior Championships. [2] She retired in 2014, due to lack of funding and currently coaches at Lugano Nuoto in Switzerland. [2]