MARKOULAS, Giorgos (85kg) < Back He was born in Ioannina on November 16, 1982, he is 1.70m tall and he belongs to the Spartakos Club in Ioannina. His hobby is motorcycles. His debut in the menís category was when he participated in the World Championships in Warsaw (2002), but he was injured during the snatch. Two years later, in the Menís European Championships in Kiev (2004) he won the silver medal in the snatch. ...
Born in 1879, Periklis Kakoussis was an athlete of the Panellinios Gymnastic Club. In 1904, on September 3th, he won olympic gold in St Louis by lifting a weight of 111kg and 70g. He remained two years in the US, then returned to Greece to compete in the Athens 1906 Mid-Olympics, where he took 6th place with 121,5kg ...
CHRISTOFORIDI, Maria BAKA, Christina KASTRITSI, Hariklia TSAKIRI, Anastasia IOANNIDI, Christina KASAPI, Vasiliki RODITI, Katerina KATSIDI, Theano PALASIDOU, Anna PIPILIARIDOU, Anna KOHLIARIDOU, Philippa ZAGLIVERI, Theano < Men's Biographies ...
PAPADOPOULOS, Costas (94kg) < Back Born on 25th May 1983 in Serres, belongs to Platonas Serron. Costas is 1.78m tall and likes listening to music. He obtained 1 silver, 3 bronze medals from World Juniors’ Championships held in Thessaloniki (2001) and Havirov (2002); as well as 2 bronze at the European Juniors’ 2002 – Nauru. His collection of medals also includes 1 bronze from 1999 European Cadets’ Championships. ...
He was born in Georgia on April 1st 1986. He is 1.72 meters tall and he belongs to the Iraklis Club Kavalas. His hobby is table tennis. He has won six gold medals in European Cadet Championships; whereas, he participated in a Menís Competition for the first time in the European Championships in Loutraki (2003)....
He was born on July 13, 1969 in Tsinvali Georgia. His mother, Maria Labrianidi, was Greek. He returned to his roots in October 1994. He is 1.78m tall and he belongs to the Milon Club. He was the Gold Medalist in Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996 and Sidney 2000. He was the World Champion in 1995, 1998 and 1999. He was the top weightlifter in the World Cup in 1994. In 1996 and 1999 he was voted the...
Born in 1877 (or 1884) in Patras, Dimitris Tofalos showed signs of his strength from the early years, when he tried to lift a small wagon. During this attempt he got severely injured, doctors proposed to cut his arm but his father reacted. As a result, one of his arms was shorter than the other. He won olympic gold in Athens 1906 Mid-Olympics (on April 27th) after defeating the Austrian Josef Steinbach (136,5kg) by lifting 142,4kg. He...
He was born on February 25, 1985, he is 1.58m tall, and he belongs to the Kronos Serron Club. Before deciding on Weightlifting, which his older brother Alexandros is also practicing, he had also practiced two other sports, karate and wrestling. His first appearance, on an international level, was in the World Championships in Warsaw (2002) in which he was placed 7th in the overall average. This year he has won 3 silver medals in the European...
DIMAS, Pyrros (85k) < Back He was born on October 13, 1971 in Chimera. He is 1.74m tall and he belongs to the Milon Club. He returned to his roots in February 1991. He was the Gold Champion in Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996 and Sidney 2000. He was the World Champion of 1993, 1995, and 1998. He was the top athlete of the World Championships in Canton 1995. He was the Greek Athlete of the Year in 1992, 1993,...
He was born on June 14, 1973 in Avlona. He is 1.69m tall and competes in the 77-kilo category. He joined weightlifting in 1986. He returned to his roots in 1991 and he belongs to the Spartakos Club in Ioannina. He came 4th in Atlanta in 1996 obtaining the same points as the bronze winner who was lighter in weight. He was the silver Champion in Sidney in 2000. He is a high school graduate and a...