Sofia Poumpouridou

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Sofia Poumpouridou
Personal information
Full nameSofia Poumpouridou
Nationality 
Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
StyleFreestyle
ClubEphiridai Wrestling Club
CoachAndreas Hristodoulakis
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Greece
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tunis 51 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Almería 55 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Chalcis 51 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Budapest 51 kg
Silver medal – second place 2003 Riga 51 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Sofia 55 kg

Sofia Poumpouridou (Greek: Σοφία Πουμπουρίδου; born June 12, 1980, in Lugovoye, Jambyl Region, Soviet Union) is a retired amateur Greek freestyle wrestler, who competed in the women's lightweight category.[1] Considered one of Europe's top female freestyle wrestlers in her decade, Poumpouridou has yielded a remarkable tally of six career medals, including two golds from the 2001 Mediterranean Games and 2002 World Wrestling Championships. She also had an opportunity to represent the host nation Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, finishing eleventh in the process.[2] Throughout her sporting career, Poumpouridou trained full-time for Ephiridai Wrestling Club in Athens, under her personal coach Andreas Hristodoulakis.

Poumpouridou reached sporting headlines at the

Tunis, Tunisia, where she picked up the gold medal in the women's 51 kg class. When Greece hosted the 2002 World Wrestling Championships in Chalcis, Poumpouridou enchanted the home crowd in a spectacular fashion, as she overwhelmed Japan's Chiharu Icho 3–0 and ran off the mat with another gold in the same division.[3]

When women's wrestling made its debut the

Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, Poumpouridou lost her opening match to France's Anna Gomis on technical superiority, and was wretchedly pinned by South Korea's Lee Na-lae that left her on the bottom of the prelim pool. Poumpouridou initially placed last out of twelve female wrestlers in the standings, but later upgraded to eleventh, as Puerto Rico's Mabel Fonseca was disqualified from the tournament after being tested positive for stanozolol.[5][6]

In 2005, Poumpouridou missed her title defense with a bronze in the women's lightweight category (55 kg) at the Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain to cap off her sporting career.[7]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sofia Poumpouridou". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b Με 18 παλαιστές στο ολυμπιακό ταπί της Αθήνας [18 wrestlers in the Olympic mat for Athens] (in Greek). To Vima. 24 March 2002. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  3. ^ Economopoulos, Lou (9 August 2004). "Greeks aim for record haul at Athens". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  4. ^ Abbott, Gary (17 July 2004). "Olympic Games preview at 55 kg/121 lbs. in women's freestyle". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  5. Athens 2004. BBC Sport
    . 15 August 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  6. ^ Νέα κρούσματα - 11η η Πουμπουρίδου [New outbreaks: Poumpouridou finished eleventh] (in Greek). ANT1. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  7. ^ Πήρε το χάλκινο η Πουμπουρίδου [Poumpouridou takes the bronze] (in Greek). NovaSport FM. 30 June 2005. Retrieved 4 August 2014.

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