Maria Prevolaraki
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Born | Athens, Greece [1] | 21 December 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maria Prevolaraki (Greek: Μαρία Πρεβολαράκη; born 21 December 1991 in Athens) is a Greek freestyle wrestler.[2] She competed in the freestyle 55 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated by Yuliya Ratkevich in the 1/8 finals.[3] That year, she also won a bronze medal at the World Championships.[4]
She won silver at the 2013 and 2014 European Championships.[5][6]
In 2014, she also became World Champion in Beach Wrestling, winning the gold medal in the women's 60 kg event at the World Beach Wrestling Championships in Katerini, Greece.[7][8][9]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she advanced until the quarter-finals, taking 10th place.
In 2017, she won bronze at both World and European Championships.[10][11]
At the 2018 European Championships, Prevolaraki won one of the two bronze medals in her division.[12]
In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[13][14] In 2021, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 53 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[15] That year, she won silver in the European Championships.[16]
In February 2022, she won the gold medal in the 53 kg event at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.[17] In April 2022, she won the silver medal in the women's 53 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[18][19] A few months later, she won the gold medal in the 53 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[20] She won one of the bronze medals in the 53 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[21][22]
In February 2024, Prevolaraki won one of the bronze medals in the 53 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships in Bucharest, Romania.[23][24] She defeated Natalia Malysheva in her bronze medal match.[24] Prevolaraki competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[25] She was eliminated in her second match.[25] Later, it was announced that Prevolaraki had qualified to the Olympics due to the reallocation of an Independent Neutral Athlete. She competed in the women's 53 kg event at the Olympics.[26]
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/maria-prevolaraki-751163
- ^ "Maria Prevolaraki". London 2012. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "Maria Prevolaraki - Events and results". London 2012. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ "2012 World Championships". whatsmat.uww.org. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "2013 European Championships". whatsmat.uww.org. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "2014 European Championships". whatsmat.uww.org. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "International Wrestling Database - Prevolaraki, Maria (GRE)". whatsmat.uww.org. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Beach Wrestling Worlds end with Greece on top | eKathimerini.com". www.ekathimerini.com. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ emmanuel. "Host Greece Dominates Beach Wrestling World Championship". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "2017 World Championships". whatsmat.uww.org. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "2017 European Championships". whatsmat.uww.org. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "2018 European Championship". whatsmat.uww.org. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ Iveson, Ali (16 December 2020). "All-conquering Tynybekova wins 62kg gold at UWW Individual World Cup". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "2021 European Championship". whatsmat.uww.org. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "2022 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ Lloyd, Owen (1 April 2022). "Ukraine record golden double at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- ^ "2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Wrestling Competition Summary" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (14 September 2022). "Susaki and Morikawa earn Japanese double at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ Sportsfeed (16 February 2024). "ΧΑΛΚΙΝΟ ΜΕΤΑΛΛΙΟ Η ΠΡΕΒΟΛΑΡΑΚΗ ΣΤΟ ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΟ!" (in Greek). Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ a b "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ a b "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Maria Prevolaraki at the International Wrestling Database
- Maria Prevolaraki at Olympics.com
- Maria Prevolaraki at Olympedia
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Greek female sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers for Greece
- Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Athens
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece
- Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling
- Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
- Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games
- European Games competitors for Greece
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- European Wrestling Championships medalists
- 21st-century Greek women