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Spyridon Vasdekis

Spyridon Vasdekis, Greek long jumper
Spyridon "Spyros" Vasdekis (Greek: Σπυρίδων "Σπύρος" Βασδέκης, born 23 January 1970) is a retired Greek long jumper.

He was born in Volos.

He won the gold medal at the 1993 Mediterranean Games, finished tenth at the 1993 World Championships, third at the 1996 European Indoor Championships and eighth at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

His personal best jump is 8.19 metres (26 ft 10.4 in), achieved in July 1995 in Budapest. This ranks him fourth among Greek long jumpers of all time, behind Louis Tsatoumas, Konstantinos Koukodimos and Dimitrios Filindras.Spyros Vasdekis is the older brother of Olga Vasdeki.

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    101st Airborne Division

    Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên-Huế Province.
  • 28Sep

    Gamal Abdel Nasser

    Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo. Anwar Sadat is named as Nasser's temporary successor, and will later become the permanent successor.
  • 8Oct

    Richard Nixon

    Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon's October 7 peace proposal as "a manoeuvre to deceive world opinion".