Dimitra Kontou

Greek rower (born 2005)
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Dimitra Eleni "Milena" Kontou is a Greek rower. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the lightweight double sculls.

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.

She was a silver medalist alongside Zoi Fitsiou at the 2023 European Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia, in the lightweight double sculls.

The pair secured a second silver lightweight double sculls silver medal at the 2024 European Rowing Championships in Szeged, Hungary in April 2024.

They gained qualification to the Olympic Games at the qualifying event in Lucerne in May 2024. They subsequently reached the final of the lightweight double sculls at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, and won the bronze medal.

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Date of Birth25th January 1983
Age41 Years
Zodiac SignAquarius
CountryGreece
Current CityAthens