Maria Prevolaraki Explained

Maria Prevolaraki
Birth Date:21 December 1991
Birth Place:Athens, Greece [1]
Coach:Panagiotis Argoudea
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Maria Prevolaraki (Greek, Modern (1453-);: 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 60kg 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 53kg 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 53kg event at the Olympics.[26]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/maria-prevolaraki-751163
  2. Web site: Maria Prevolaraki. London 2012. 2012-08-22. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120731070913/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/prevolaraki-maria-1116601/. 2012-07-31.
  3. Web site: Maria Prevolaraki - Events and results. https://web.archive.org/web/20120806001524/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/prevolaraki-maria-1116601/events/. dead. 2012-08-06. London 2012. 2012-08-22.
  4. Web site: 2012 World Championships . 2023-08-12 . whatsmat.uww.org.
  5. Web site: 2013 European Championships . 2023-08-12 . whatsmat.uww.org.
  6. Web site: 2014 European Championships . 2023-08-12 . whatsmat.uww.org.
  7. Web site: International Wrestling Database - Prevolaraki, Maria (GRE) . 2024-02-16 . whatsmat.uww.org.
  8. Web site: 2014-07-08 . Beach Wrestling Worlds end with Greece on top eKathimerini.com . 2024-02-16 . www.ekathimerini.com . English.
  9. Web site: emmanuel . Host Greece Dominates Beach Wrestling World Championship . 2024-02-16 . United World Wrestling . English.
  10. Web site: 2017 World Championships . 2023-08-12 . whatsmat.uww.org.
  11. Web site: 2017 European Championships . 2023-08-12 . whatsmat.uww.org.
  12. Web site: 2018 European Championship . 2023-08-12 . whatsmat.uww.org.
  13. News: Iveson. Ali. 16 December 2020. All-conquering Tynybekova wins 62kg gold at UWW Individual World Cup. InsideTheGames.biz. live. 17 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201216001037/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102056/all-conquering-tynybekova-wins-gold. 16 December 2020.
  14. Web site: 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf. 18 December 2020. 18 December 2020. United World Wrestling.
  15. Web site: Wrestling Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf. 7 August 2021. 8 August 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  16. Web site: 2021 European Championship . 2023-08-12 . whatsmat.uww.org.
  17. Web site: 2022 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220313052955/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-02/results_02_veliko_tarnovo.pdf?VersionId=RLQJ3tFveNdhoBRrAa_YmxBjhap46i5S . 13 March 2022 . 15 March 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  18. News: Lloyd . Owen . 1 April 2022 . Ukraine record golden double at European Wrestling Championships . . 2 April 2022.
  19. 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.
  20. Web site: Wrestling Competition Summary . https://web.archive.org/web/20220630130108/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/2022-06-29/WRE-------------------------------__C96_1.0.pdf . 30 June 2022 . 30 June 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
  21. News: Burke . Patrick . 14 September 2022 . Susaki and Morikawa earn Japanese double at World Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 15 September 2022.
  22. 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.
  23. Web site: Sportsfeed . 2024-02-16 . ΧΑΛΚΙΝΟ ΜΕΤΑΛΛΙΟ Η ΠΡΕΒΟΛΑΡΑΚΗ ΣΤΟ ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΟ! . 2024-02-16 . el.
  24. 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.
  25. Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf . 8 April 2024 . 8 April 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  26. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.