Antigoni Ntrismpioti

Antigoni Drisbioti (; born 21 March 1984 ) is a Greek race walker, who is widely considered as the best Greek walker of all time.

Drisbioti won gold medals in the 20 kilometres walk and 35 km race walk at the 2022 European Athletics Championships, the first golden double for Greece at the event. She also won the bronze medal in the 35 km race walk at the 2023 World Athletics Championships held in Budapest.

In addition, Drisbioti finished fourth in the 35 km walk at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. In addition, she took bronze in the 20 km walk at the 2013 Mediterranean Games. She represented Greece at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo and the 2024 Paris Olympics.

In Greece, she was named as the Greek Female Athlete of the Year for 2022 and 2023. Drisbioti is the current Greek record holder for the 3000 m walk, 20 km walk and 35 km walk, while she has won eight national titles.

Early life and career Drisbioti was born in Karditsa (Greece), but her family soon had to move to the town of Atalanti for better working conditions. She lived there until the age of 8 before returning to Karditsa, where she completed high school.

Her family run a small taverna in the center of the town, where, according to her own statements in a television interview, she worked for many years during her training. She decided to take up walking as a sport as a freshman in high school and made her international debut at the age of 19 at the 2003 European Race Walking Cup held in Cheboksary, Russia.

Drisbioti celebrated her first major success at age 29 at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, where she won the bronze medal in the 20 km race walk with a time of 1:41:53.

On 10 July 2024, the Greek Olympic Committee designated her as the flag bearer for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, along with the Greek professional basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Personal life She is married and lives in Karditsa.

Statistics International competitions

National titles Greek Athletics Championships 20 kilometres race walk (3): 2018, 2020, 2023 35 kilometres race walk (2): 2021, 2022 Greek Indoor Athletics Championships 3000 metres race walk (3): 2020, 2021, 2023