Maria Tselaridou

Maria Tselaridou
Personal information
Full name Maria Tselaridou
Nationality  Greece
Born (1981-03-26) 26 March 1981
Almaty, Kazakh SSR,
Soviet Union
Residence Athens, Greece
Height 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Weight 52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport Judo
Event(s) 52 kg
Club AC Victoria Thessaloniki

Maria Tselaridou (Greek: Μαρία Τσελαρίδου; born March 26, 1981 in Almaty, Kazakh SSR) is a Greek judoka, who competed in the women's half-lightweight category.[1] Holding a dual citizenship to compete internationally, Tselaridou picked up the 2009 Greek senior title in her own division, and represented her home nation Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[2] Tselaridou is also a full-fledged member of the judo squad for AC Victoria Thessaloniki.

Tselaridou qualified for her naturalized Greek squad in the women's half-lightweight class (52 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by filling up an entry by the International Judo Federation and the Hellenic Olympic Committee, as Greece received an automatic berth for being the host nation.[2] Tselaridou received a bye in the opening round, but crashed out early in a defeat to Germany's Raffaella Imbriani by an ippon with only forty-five seconds remaining in her first match.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Maria Tselaridou". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 "H κλήρωση δεν τρόμαξε το τζούντο" [A draw would not affect them in judo] (in Greek). Kathimerini. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Judo: Women's Half-Lightweight (52kg/115 lbs) Round of 16". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Judo: Imbriani startet mit knappem Sieg" [Judo: Imbriani starts the match with a tight victory] (in German). Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Ήττες για Βαζακασβίλι (-66κ) και Τσελαρίδου (-52κ) στο τζούντο [Defeats for Vazagashvili (66 kg) and Tselaridou (52 kg)] (in Greek). In.gr. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 11 December 2014.


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