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Natalia Christofi
Cypriot athlete (born 1997) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Natalia Christofi (Greek: Ναταλία Χριστοφή; born 10 February 1997) is a Cypriot track and field athlete. She is a multiple time national champion over 100 metres hurdles. She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.[1]
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In 2017, Christofi competed at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships in the 100 metres hurdles, qualifying for the semi-finals in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[2]
In August 2018, Christofi made her senior European Championship debut, running 13.53 seconds in the 100m hurdles in Berlin.[3]
In 2022, she lowered the Cypriot national record over 60 metres hurdles to 8.10 seconds in winning the silver medal at the Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships.[4] After overcoming a leg injury, she was later selected for the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich.[5] She later competed in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham in August 2023.[6]
In January 2023, Christofi broke the eight-second barrier for the 60 metres for the first time, running 7.92 seconds in Luxembourg.[7]
In June 2023, she set a new national record for the 100m hurdles of 13.01 seconds to win gold at the Games of the Small States.[8] That month, Christofi lowered her own national record for the 100 metres hurdles to 12.84 seconds, in Chorzow, Poland.[9] In August 2023, she competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest and qualified for the semi-finals, running 12.90 seconds.[10][11]
In May 2024, she won the gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the Balkan Athletics Championships.[12]
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