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799:61.00 m
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612:Montreal
579:Position
505:for the
442:Javelin
423:Javelin
348:Women's
325:Women's
213:Thessaly
150:Athens B
1181:in the
1016:18 July
975:GUE/NGL
822:57.16 m
813:Latakia
737:67.04 m
716:62.08 m
669:57.96 m
645:56.76 m
550:72.28 m
475:Trikala
396:Javelin
350:Javelin
327:Javelin
314:Country
209:Trikala
85:Speaker
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1160:28 May
1045:Syriza
987:MeRA25
983:MeRA25
958:, the
937:Syriza
861:MW45WR
851:Chania
835:
728:Athens
685:Moscow
636:Prague
597:Greece
594:
582:Notes
546:Athens
507:MeRA25
495:Syriza
491:MeRA25
487:Greece
367:Greece
364:
317:Greece
275:MeRA25
259:Syriza
178:Greece
1459:(SRB)
1442:(SLO)
1433:(GRE)
1424:(GRE)
1415:(ITA)
1406:(FRA)
1397:(FRA)
1388:(GRE)
1379:(YUG)
1370:(GRE)
1361:(GRE)
1344:(TUN)
1273:1982
926:PASOK
844:2004
804:1987
784:1986
750:İzmir
743:1983
700:1982
676:1980
660:Split
651:1979
627:1978
603:1976
576:Venue
467:Greek
322:Sport
251:PASOK
230:Greek
1235:GFDL
1162:2019
1123:2015
1097:2015
1057:2015
1018:2019
893:IAAF
856:4th
818:3rd
796:1st
755:1st
733:3rd
712:1st
665:1st
570:Year
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193:Born
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