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Katerina Stefanidis wrote yet another golden page in her career and the history of the Greek sports on Sunday evening, winning the gold medal at the World Athletics Championship and becoming the first Greek athlete to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games, World Championship and European Championship.

Gold medalist Katerina Stefanidi was given a raucous welcome by family friends and fans as she arrived at Athens’ International Airport on Thursday, after the end of the Olympics in Rio.

Athlete Katerina Stefanidi was officially awarded the gold medal in women’s pole vault during a ceremony on Sunday morning, after jumping 4.85 metres in Rio’s Olympics the day before.