Niki Xanthou (, , born 11 October 1973 in Rhodes) is a Greek long jumper.
Xanthou set nine national records in long jump during her career. Her personal best, and national record, is 7.03 metres, achieved in August 1997 in Bellinzona. At the age of 22 she gave an impressive performance in the Olympic games final in Atlanta, in which she took the 4th place with 6.97 m.
She won the Mediterranean Games of 1997 in Bari and the European under 23 Cup in 1994. The greatest achievements in her career were the second place in the 1997 World Championships in Athens and the gold medal in 2002 European Indoor Championships in Vienna.
She was named the Greek Female Athlete of the Year for 1997.
Honours Representing 1992World Junior Championships Seoul, South Korea 8th6.03 m (wind: -0.9 m/s)1994European Championships Helsinki, Finland 10th6.44 m (wind: -0.1 m/s)1995World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 9th6.51 m1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States 4th6.97 m1997World Indoor Championships Paris, France 5th6.69 mWorld Championships Athens, Greece 2nd6,94 mMediterranean Games Bari, Italy 1st6.72 m CR1998European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 5th6.55 mGoodwill Games Uniondale, United States 3rd6.83 m1999World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 4th6.65 m2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia17th (q)6.50 m2001World Championships Edmonton, Canada 6th6.76 m2002European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 1st6.74 m2003World Indoor Championships Birmingham, England 5th6.47 m2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece32nd (q)6.31 m
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