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Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (Greek: Νίκος Κακλαμανάκης, August 19, 1968, born in Athens) is the Greek Gold-medal winner who lit the Olympic torch in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
One of the most popular athletes in Greece, Nikolaos Kaklamanakis is a three-time Mistral world champion and a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Sailing. He won silver in the event at the 2003 World Championships in Cadiz, Spain, behind Przemek Miarczynski of Poland. In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Kaklamanakis took the silver medal behind Gal Fridman of Israel.
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