PREVOLARAKI Maria

Date of Birth: 21 Dec 1991

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: ATHENS

Birth Country:

Greece

Place of residence : ATHENS

Residence Country:

Greece

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wrestling	Women's Freestyle 53kg	11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Women's Freestyle 53kg 1/8 Final #236 ECU VALVERDE MELENDRESVALVERDE MELENDRES Luisa Elizabeth 11 VPO1 GRE PREVOLARAKI MPREVOLARAKI Maria 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	Freestyle 53kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
15	Freestyle 55kg	2012	London, GBR

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Freestyle 53kg	2017	Paris, FRA
3	Freestyle 55kg	2012	Sherwood Park, AB, CAN
5	Freestyle 53kg	2019	Nur-Sultan, KAZ
9	Freestyle 55kg	2013	Budapest, HUN
13	Freestyle 53kg	2018	Budapest, HUN
16	Freestyle 53kg	2014	Tashkent, UZB
26	Freestyle 55kg	2011	Istanbul, TUR
32	Freestyle 53kg	2015	Las Vegas, NV, USA

European Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Freestyle 53kg	2019	Minsk, BLR

European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Freestyle 53kg	2021	Warsaw, POL
3	Freestyle 53kg	2018	Kaspiysk, RUS
3	Freestyle 53kg	2017	Belgrade, SRB
7	Freestyle 53kg	2020	Rome, ITA
15	Freestyle 53kg	2019	Bucharest, ROU

Ranking Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 55kg	2019	Ruse, BUL
3	Freestyle 53kg	2018	Warsaw, POL
13	Freestyle 53kg	2018	Budapest, HUN

Lady of Greek Wrestling (amna.gr, 11 Jan 2020)

Occupation:

Physical Education - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Languages spoken:

Mohsen Pariyaei [national], IRI

She began wrestling at age eight. (Trans World Sport YouTube channel, 15 Dec 2019)

"My father introduced my brother and I to wrestling. It's something we just grew up with. Wrestling gave me confidence. It made me a very organised person." (Trans World Sport YouTube channel, 15 Dec 2019; sputniknews.gr, 01 Oct 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sputniknews.gr, 01 Oct 2019)

Qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Games. (Trans World Sport YouTube channel, 15 Dec 2019)

Coach Mohsen Pariyaei. (sputniknews.gr, 01 Oct 2019)

Philosophy:

"I think there is still this stereotype that wrestling is mainly a male sport. They believe strength is the most important aspect of wrestling when it comes to winning and when they think strength, they think masculine. The reality is different though. It is a very technical and mental sport, which female athletes can do equally well in." (Trans World Sport YouTube channel, 15 Dec 2019)

General Interest

General
TRAINING
She often trains with male wrestlers in Greece. "Sometimes I have trouble finding a training partner, because the men don't want to wrestle a woman. When I was younger it wasn't a problem. It may be necessary to train overseas before major matches to find high quality and competitive female wrestlers so that I can train properly. In Greece I train with young male wrestlers, mostly teenagers from age 16 to 19. The female competition level is not very developed. Talent exists, but it's hard to develop because of the country's difficult economic situation." (Trans World Sport YouTube channel, 15 Dec 2019; sputniknews.gr, 01 Oct 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
VPO1:: Victory by points - with point(s) scored by the opponent

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