Georgios Kougioumtsidis Explained
Georgios Kougioumtsidis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Γιώργος Κουγιουμτσίδης) is a Greek freestyle wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 79 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[1]
Career
In March 2021, Kougioumtsidis competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2] In May 2021, he failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[3] Kougioumtsidis competed in the 79kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[4] He won his first two matches and he was then eliminated by eventual bronze medalist Nika Kentchadze of Georgia.[4]
In March 2022, Kougioumtsidis won the gold medal in his event at the European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[5] In that same month, he also won the gold medal in the 79kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[1] [6] He competed in the 79kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[7]
Kougioumtsidis lost his bronze medal match in the men's 79kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[8]
Achievements
Notes and References
- News: Pavitt . Michael . 29 March 2022 . Egorov wins rare North Macedonian gold at European Wrestling Championships . . 30 March 2022.
- Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf. 24 March 2021. 24 March 2021. United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf. 9 May 2021. 9 May 2021. United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf. 16 October 2021. 16 October 2021. United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2022 European U23 Wrestling Championship Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220315144534/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final_book_for_2022_senior_u23_european_championship.pdf?VersionId=voRL2ShsCpsBN6qx8goiGqQsH0wDR_a5 . 15 March 2022 . 15 March 2022 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220403191311/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 . 3 April 2022 . 3 April 2022 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM . 19 February 2024 . 19 February 2024 . United World Wrestling.