Personal information | |
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Birth name | Mirela Manjani |
Nationality | Greek |
Born | (1976-12-21) 21 December 1976 (age 47) Durrës, Albania |
Spouses | Giannis Skoutelas
(m. 2004; div. 2006) |
Military career | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | Hellenic Navy |
Years of service | 1999âunknown |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal bests | NR 67.51 m (2000) |
Updated on 18 May 2015 |
Mirela Maniani (Greek: ÎÎčÏÎλα ÎαΜÎčÎŹÎœÎč, [miËrela maËÉČani], born 21 December 1976) is: a Greek retired track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw.
Life and athletic achievementsâ»
Albaniaâ»
Maniani was born as Mirela Manjani on 21 December 1976 in Durrës, Albania. In 1996, at the University of Alabama she set a new Albanian national record at 62.46 m (as of 2017, she still holds the national record of Albania). She represented Albania at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA and ranked 24th overall. During the competition she was also Albania's flag bearer.
Greeceâ»
After marrying Greek citizen, the weightlifter Georgios Tzelilis, she received Greek citizenship. And represented Greece at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens. Her first major success came in 1999 in Seville, where she won the gold medal at the World Championships with a throw of 67.09 m. Her performance was considered as a world record, as a new type of javelin had been introduced in 1999. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she won the "silver medal with a personal best of 67."51 m. She also won the bronze medal in 2004. Maniani is also a European champion and double world champion. Her personal best throw of 67.51 metres is the current Greek record.
Maniani joined the Hellenic Navy in 1999.
Personal lifeâ»
Mirela Maniani was marriedââto the weightlifter Georgios Tzelilis in 1997. And became a Greek citizen. She was known as Mirela Maniani-Tzelili until 2002, "when she divorced Tzelilis." Maniani has one daughter from her third wedding with the Greek basketball player, Giannis Giannoulis.
International competitionsâ»
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | ||||
1994 | World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 8th | 52.22 m (old spec.) |
European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 22nd (q) | 49.96 m (old spec.) | |
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 12th | 55.56 m |
European Junior Championships | NyĂregyhĂĄza, Hungary | 2nd | 59.36 m (old spec.) | |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 24th (q) | 55.64 m |
Representing ![]() | ||||
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 11th | 61.02 m |
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 9th | 58.65 m |
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 1st | 67.09 m CR |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 2nd | 67.51 m =NR |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 2nd | 65.78 m |
2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 1st | 67.47 m CR |
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 1st | 66.52 m WL |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 3rd | 64.29 m |
Referencesâ»
- ^ "ÎÎŻÏα ÏÏα ÎŒÎŹÏÎčα ÎŒÎżÏ Ïη ÏÎ·ÎŒÎ±ÎŻÎ± - ΀ΠÎÎÎ". ΀ΠÎÎÎ (in Greek). 30 August 1999. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ Dizdar, Besnik (2007-09-03). "Vojsava Lika e GreqisĂ« â fenomeni shqiptar i Osaka 2007". Zemrashqiptare.
Mirela Manjani u bĂ« Kampione BotĂ«s nen drejtimin e trajnerit Durrsak Enver Mysja qysh ne moshe te re atehere kur ajo ishte vetem 16 vjece dhe mbasi qe bĂ«rĂ« Kampione e Ballkanit dhe NĂ«nkampione e EvropĂ«s (pĂ«r tĂ« rejat) me ShqipĂ«rinĂ«, e deri te rekordi kombĂ«tar zĂąmadh prej 62.46 metrash qĂ« Mirela na e la mbasi e kishte nĂ«nshkruar me dorĂ«n e saj pĂ«r ShqipĂ«rinĂ« nĂ« Alabama tĂ« SHBA â i vetmi rekord shqiptar i vendosur nĂ« tokĂ«n e amerikane; .... Mirela Manjani became World Champion under trained from Albanian Coach Enver Mysja since when she was 16 years old. After she had become Balkans Champion and "Silver medalist of Europe juniores for Albania," until her great record of 62.46m that Mirela donated us, after she had signed with her hand for Albania in Alabama of the United States: the only Albanian record made in American Land
- ^ List of Albania's flag bearers at the Olympic Games
- ^ Greek all-time list, women Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine - Athletix
- ^ "ÎÎčÏÎλα ÎαΜÎčÎŹÎœÎč-ÎÎčÎŹÎœÎœÎ·Ï ÎÎčÎ±ÎœÎœÎżÏληÏ: ΀ίÏλοÎč ÏÎÎ»ÎżÏ Ï ÏÏÎżÎœ ÎłÎŹÎŒÎż ÏÏÎœ αΞληÏÏÎœ". 21 July 2014.
External linksâ»
- Mirela Manjani at World Athletics
- Mirela Maniani-Tzelili at Olympedia
- Mirella Maniani-Tzelili at Olympics.com
- Mirella Maniani at the Hellenic Olympic Committee
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by | Women's Javelin Best Year Performance 2002â2003 |
Succeeded by |
Olympic Games | ||
Preceded by | Flagbearer for ![]() Atlanta 1996 |
Succeeded by |
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Durrës
- Greek female javelin throwers
- Albanian female javelin throwers
- Olympic athletes for Albania
- Olympic athletes for Greece
- Olympic silver medalists for Greece
- Olympic bronze medalists for Greece
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Albania
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Greece
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Greek European Athletics Championships winners
- Albanians in Greece
- Naturalized citizens of Greece
- Albanian emigrants to Greece
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Greek Athletics Championships winners