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Maria Prevolaraki

Maria Prevolaraki

Greek freestyle wrestler

Maria Prevolaraki (Greek: Μαρία Πρεβολαράκη; born 21 December 1991 in Athens) is a Greek freestyle wrestler.[1] She competed in the freestyle 55 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated by Yuliya Ratkevich in the 1/8 finals.[2] That year, she also won a bronze medal at the World Championships.[3]

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She won silver at the 2013 and 2014 European Championships.[4][5]

In 2014, she also became World Champion in Beach Wrestling, winning the gold medal in the women's 60 kg event at the World Beach Wrestling Championships in Katerini, Greece.[6][7][8]

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.[9][10]

At the 2018 European Championships, Prevolaraki won one of the two bronze medals in her division.[11]

In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[12][13] 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.[14] That year, she won silver in the European Championships.[15]

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.[16] In April 2022, she won the silver medal in the women's 53 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[17][18] A few months later, she won the gold medal in the 53 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[19] She won one of the bronze medals in the 53 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[20][21]

In February 2024, Prevolaraki won one of the bronze medals in the 53 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships in Bucharest, Romania.[22][23] She defeated Natalia Malysheva in her bronze medal match.[23] Prevolaraki competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[24] She was eliminated in her second match and she did not qualify for the Olympics.[24]

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