Byron Kokkalanis
{{Short description|Greek windsurfer (born 1985)}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's windsurfing}}
{{MedalCountry | {{GRE}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2013 Buzios, Brazil|RS:X}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2013 Brest, France|RS:X}}
{{MedalSilver|2012 Madeira, Portugal|RS:X}}
{{MedalSilver|2013 Burgas, Bulgaria|RS:X}}
{{MedalSilver|2013 Sopot, Poland|RS:X}}
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Byron Kokkalanis ({{langx|el|Βύρων Κοκκαλάνης}}; born 19 August 1985 in Athens), also spelled Vyron, is a Greek windsurfer of partly Filipino ancestry. He started sailing in 1997 in the Mistral class and 3 years later he won the Mistral Junior World Championship, his first international regatta. He took the fifth place at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the sixth place at the 2012 London Olympic Games. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games he finished in the 11th place.
He was also fifth at the 2012 RS:X World Championships.,{{Cite web|url=http://www.sail-world.com/UK/RS:X-World-Windsurfing-Championships-titles-to-Bontemps-and-Korzits/95369|title=RS-X World Windsurfing Championships titles to Bontemps and Korzits}} third at the 2013 RS:X World Championship, first at the 2013 RS:X European Championship.{{Cite web |url=http://europeanwindsurfingchampionships2013.rsxclass.com/index.php/results/european-championships |title=Results European Men Final |publisher=RS:X European Windsurfing Championships 2013 |access-date=2014-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207161757/http://europeanwindsurfingchampionships2013.rsxclass.com/index.php/results/european-championships |archive-date=2013-12-07 |url-status=dead }}
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External links
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203182311/http://www.byronkokkalanis.com/ |title=Byron Kokkalanis official website |date=dmy}}
- {{World Sailing|id=GREBK1|www=byron-kokkalanis|name=Byron Kokkalanis}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|vyron-kokkalanis|Vyron Kokkalanis}}
- {{Olympedia|124906|Vyron Kokkalanis}}
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Category:Sailors (sport) from Athens
Category:Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – RS:X
Category:Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – RS:X
Category:Olympic sailors for Greece
Category:Greek male sailors (sport)
Category:Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – RS:X
Category:21st-century Greek sportsmen
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