GKOULI Efthymia

Date of Birth: 27 Jul 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Sport Class: SB8

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
Swimming	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB8	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB8 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB8 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
3	100m Breaststroke - SB8	2017	Mexico City, MEX	1:35.17
8	100m Butterfly - S9	2017	Mexico City, MEX	1:19.05
DSQ	100m Breaststroke - SB8	2019	London, GBR	DSQ
DSQ	200m Individual Medley - SM9	2017	Mexico City, MEX	DSQ
European Championships
3	100m Breaststroke - SB8	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:32.14
4	100m Breaststroke - SB8	2020	Funchal, POR	1:30.19
6	50m Freestyle - S9	2018	Dublin, IRL	31.51
7	100m Freestyle - S9	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:10.12
7	400m Freestyle - S9	2018	Dublin, IRL	5:25.74
8	400m Freestyle - S9	2020	Funchal, POR	5:40.87
8	200m Individual Medley - SM9	2020	Funchal, POR	2:55.70
9	50m Freestyle - S9	2020	Funchal, POR	32.58
10	100m Freestyle - S9	2020	Funchal, POR	1:11.33
DSQ	200m Individual Medley - SM9	2018	Dublin, IRL	DSQ

Efi (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Watching films. (tilestwra.com, 06 May 2018)

Occupation:

Media and Communications - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Languages spoken:

English, French, Greek

Irodikos [Komotini, GRE]

Nikolaos Vezos [personal], GRE

2009 for Greece (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019)

She began swimming at age three in Athens, Greece. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019)

"I started to swim to not feel [the impairment in] my hand, and after that I loved it and continued to swim." (Athlete, 07 Dec 2017)

To finish in the top six at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Winning bronze in the SB8 100m breaststroke at both the 2017 World Championships in Mexico City, Mexico, and the 2018 European Championships in Dublin, Ireland. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

British swimmer Adam Peaty. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Coach Nikos Vezos, and her mother. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Philosophy:

"Don't give up." (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

General Interest

Classification
S9, SB8, SM9 (IPC, 21 Jan 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (tilestwra.com, 06 May 2018)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019)

Impairment Details
She was born with phocomelia, a congenital condition which causes underdeveloped or absent limbs. She is missing her right arm below the elbow as a result of the condition. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019; Instagram profile, 15 Jan 2021)

General
FUTURE PLANS
In 2020 she graduated with a degree in media and communications from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece, and plans to build a career in a related field. She also hopes to compete at two editions of the Paralympic Games before starting a family. "I definitely want to go to two more Paralympic Games. I am studying media and communications and trying to finish my degree this year [speaking in 2019]. I would like to have a job related to what I have studied and also have a family. I love children, I think it would be great for me to be a mother." (gazzetta.gr, 15 Mar 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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