Ioannis Tsintsaris | |
Native Name: | Γιάννης Τσιντσάρης[1] |
Native Name Lang: | el |
Nationality: | Greek |
Birth Date: | 8 February 1962 |
Birth Place: | Sidirokastro, Greece |
Education: | Athens Physical Education and Sports College[2] |
Height: | 5 ft 7.5 in |
Weight: | 287 lb |
Spouse: | Anna Verouli (1984-1988) |
Country: | Greece |
Sport: | Weightlifting |
Weight Class: | Super Heavyweight[3] |
Coach: | Antonis Arvanitidis (1988) |
Retired: | 1993 |
Highestranking: | 4th place, Summer Olympics 1984 |
Ioannis Tsintsaris (8 February 1962 – 1 March 2017[4]) was a Greek weightlifter who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[5] He was married to javelin thrower Anna Verouli from 1984 to 1988. In 1993, he retired from his Olympic career, and in 1996, he became a weightlifting coach in Sidirokastro up until 2008.