1. Alexi Pappas or Alexia Pappa is a Greek-American runner, filmmaker, actor, and writer.
14 Facts About Alexi Pappas
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Alexi Pappas represented Greece at the 2016 Summer Olympics, setting the national record for 10k.
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Alexi Pappas was born on 28 March 1990, to a Greek-American father who has roots from Rhodes and an American mother.
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Alexi Pappas has a brother who is four years older.
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Alexi Pappas's mother died by suicide when Pappas was four years old.
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Alexi Pappas was one of nine finalists for the 2012 NCAA Woman of the Year award.
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Alexi Pappas won the 2012 season's Ivy League title in the steeplechase and qualified for the 2012 US Olympic Trials in Eugene.
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Alexi Pappas attended the University of Oregon as a master's student, where she earned three NCAA Division I All-American awards.
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Alexi Pappas finished eighth individually at the 2012 NCAA Cross Country Championships with a time of 19:43.9 helping the Oregon Ducks women's cross country team win the national title.
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Alexi Pappas graduated from Oregon with a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing in 2013.
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Alexi Pappas became a Greek citizen on 8 January 2016 and on 1 May that year she broke the 10,000 m Greek national record, which had stood since 2002.
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Alexi Pappas served as a guide for para-athlete Lisa Thompson in the 2022 Boston Marathon, who won the T13 Division with a time of 3:47:25.
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Alexi Pappas has made several movies as a director, writer, actor, and producer.
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In 2020 Alexi Pappas published a video about her struggle with depression, calling for better care of elite athletes' mental health.