Maria Ntanou

Maria Ntanou
Maria Ntanou
	Ntanou at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Country	Greece
Born	3 March 1990 (age 34); Veria, Greece
Ski club	EOS Naousas
World Cup career
Seasons	2018-2019
Starts	4
Podiums	0
Overall titles	0
	Updated on 24 March 2019.

Maria Ntanou (Greek: Μαρία Ντάνου; born 3 March 1990 in Veria) is a Greek cross country skier, Olympian who has competed since 2007. She was an Athlete Role Model of 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Career

Ntanou finished 72nd in the 10 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and 76th at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, she finished 82nd in the individual sprint while being lapped in the 15 km pursuit event. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti, she finished 8th in the 5 km qualification classic race. She also won the overall Greek national cup series in 2019.

Date	Place	Discipline	Position	Ref.
15 February 2010	Vancouver	10 km Free	72nd	[1]
15 February 2018	Pyeongchang	10 km Free	76th	[2]

Date	Place	Discipline	Position	Ref.
21 February 2009	Liberec	15 km Pursuit	LPD	[3]
24 February 2009	Liberec	Sprint Free	82nd	[4]
28 February 2017	Lahti	10 km Classic	75th	[5]
21 February 2019	Seefeld	Sprint Free	78th	[6]
23 February 2019	Seefeld	Skiathlon 7.5 km/7.5 km C/F	58th	[7]
26 February 2019	Seefeld	10 km Free	79th	[8]

Ntanou won bronze medal in the overall ranking of FIS Balkan Cup series in 2017 and in 2018.

Season	Points	Rank	Ref.
2017	469	3rd	[9]
2018	500	3rd	[10]

Date	Place	Discipline	Position	Ref.
10 January 2009	Seli	Sprint Classic	1st	[11]
11 January 2009	Seli	10 km Classic	1st	[12]
11 March 2017	Pigadia	Sprint Free	1st	[13]
3 March 2018	Metsovo	Sprint Free	1st	[14]

Ntanou grew up in Naousa, a town in the north part of Greece with great tradition in winter sports. She studied Economic Science in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and graduated in 2012. At the age of 23, Ntanou moved to Lausanne to study Sport Administration and Technology (AISTS) at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.

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