Stefanos Ntouskos (Greek: Στέφανος Ντούσκος; born 29 March 1997) is a Greek competitive rower. He won a gold medal in the men's single sculls, at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Stefanos also won the gold medal in the single sculls at the 2025 World Rowing Championships in Shanghai.[2][3]

Stefanos Ntouskos
Ntouskos in 2018
Personal information
NationalityGreek
Born (1997-03-29) 29 March 1997 (age 29)
Ioannina, Greece[1]
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
CountryGreece
SportRowing

He previously competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's lightweight coxless four, finishing in the sixth place.[4]

In November 2023, the Hellenic Olympic Committee officially announced that Ntouskos would be the first torch-bearer in the relay from Olympia to Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.[5][6][7]

References

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  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stefanos Ntouskos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. "Rowing-Greece's Stefanos Ntouskos wins men's single sculls gold". Reuters. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. "Stefanos Ntouskos wins gold for Greece in men's single sculls". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  4. "Stefanos Ntouskos". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  5. "Greek Rowing champion Ntouskos to start Olympic torch relay". France 24. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  6. "Le Grec Stefanos Ntouskos sera le premier porteur de la flamme olympique". L'Équipe (in French). 22 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  7. Spaneas, Spyridoula (22 November 2023). "Ο Στέφανος Ντούσκος θα είναι ο πρώτος λαμπαδηδρόμος – Οι σταθμοί της Ολυμπιακής Φλόγας". Kathimerini (in Greek). Retrieved 26 November 2023.
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