Varvara Akritidou

Varvara Akritidou (Greek: Βαρβάρα Ακριτίδου; born July 15, 1981 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek judoka, who competed in the women's half-heavyweight category.[1] She held two Greek senior titles in her own division, picked up a total of six medals in her career, and represented her home nation Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[2]

Varvara Akritidou
Personal information
Full nameVarvara Akritidou
Nationality Greece
Born (1981-07-15) 15 July 1981
Thessaloniki, Greece
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)78 kg
ClubNemesis Thessaloniki

Akritidou qualified for the Greek squad in the women's half-heavyweight class (78 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by filling up an entry by the International Judo Federation and the Hellenic Olympic Committee, as Greece received an automatic berth for being the host nation.[2][3] She lost her opening match to an experienced Ukrainian judoka Anastasiia Matrosova, who successfully scored an ippon and dropped her to the tatami with a sukui nage (double leg takedown) assault at two minutes.[4] In the repechage, Akritidou raised her hopes of claiming an Olympic bronze medal for the host nation, but slipped them away in a defeat to South Korea's Lee So-yeon by an ippon and a kami shiho gatame one minute and sixteen seconds into their first playoff of the draft.[5][6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Varvara Akritidou". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. "H κλήρωση δεν τρόμαξε το τζούντο" [A draw would not affect them in judo] (in Greek). Kathimerini. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  3. Η νέα γενιά και η επιστροφή του Παπαϊωάννου στα τατάμι [A new generation of judoka and Papaioannou returns to the tatami] (in Greek). To Vima. 14 April 2002. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  4. Αποκλεισμοί στο τζούντο [Foreclosures in judo] (in Greek). Patris. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  5. "Judo: Women's Half-Heavyweight (78kg/172 lbs) Repechage Round 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. Ελπίδες για διάκριση στα -78 κιλά γυναικών και -100 ανδρών του τζούντο την Πέμπτη [Hopes for a medal in the women's 78-kg and men's 100-kg today] (in Greek). In.gr. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2014.


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