Nikoleta 'Nikol' Kyriakopoulou (, born 21 March 1986) is a Greek retired pole vaulter. Nikoleta was 8th at the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2021. She also won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Beijing in 2015 jumping 4.80m. During the 2015 season, she set five Greek records (indoor and outdoor) raising the bar to 4,83 meters. The same year, she became the first Greek athlete to win the IAAF Diamond League. During her career she broke 11 times the Greek National record (indoor and outdoor).
Her first success in a major event was in 2012 when she won the bronze medal at the European Championships in Helsinki. One year earlier, in 2011, she finished 8th at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu. She also won the 2009 Mediterranean Games with a Games record of 4.50 meters, while as a junior athlete she was 6th at the World Championships in Grosseto in 2004.
Nikoleta did not compete in 2016 Rio Olympics due to injury.
In 2017 she became a mother of a baby girl and announced her return to competition for 2018. She won the silver medal at the 2018 European Championships and bronze medal at the European Championships in Glasgow in 2019.
She was named the Greek Female Athlete of the Year for 2015. Nikoleta retired from competing in 2024 after 22 years of a successful career.
International competitions Representing 2004World Junior ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy6th4.00 m2005European Junior ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania 7th4.00 m2007UniversiadeBangkok, Thailand13th (q)3.90 m2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China27th (q)4.15 m2009Mediterranean GamesPescara, Italy 1st4.50 m GRWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany19th (q)4.40 m2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar2nd (q)4.45 mNo mark in the finalEuropean ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain13th (q)4.25 m2011European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France9th4.35 mWorld ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea8th4.65 m2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland 3rd4.60 mOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom19th (q)4.25 m2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden10th (q)4.36 mWorld ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia13th (q)4.45 m2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland12th4.30 mEuropean ChampionshipsZurich, Switzerland7th4.35 m2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic5th4.50 m World ChampionshipsBeijing, China 3rd4.80 m 2015 IAAF Diamond League 1stdetails2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States6th4.60 mEuropean ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands4th4.55 m2018Mediterranean GamesTarragona, Spain3rd4.31 mEuropean ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany2nd4.80 m2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, UK3rd4.65 mWorld ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar13th4.50 m2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan8th4.50 m2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States24th (q)4.35 m2023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey15th (q)4.30 m
Personal bests EventRecordDateVenuePole vault outdoor4.83 m 4 July 2015Paris, FrancePole vault indoor4.81 m 17 February 2016Stockholm, Sweden
Personal life
Nikoleta is married and has a daughter. She partially hailed from Emmanouil Pappas, Serres.
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