Efthalia Koutroumanidou

Efthalia Koutroumanidou
Austrian Masters 2008
portrait
birthday	October 7, 1982
place of birth	Volos, Greece
size	1.79 m
Partner	1999–2000 Slavroula Theodorou 2001–2002 Ekaterini Nikolaidou 2003–2004 Vasiliki Arvaniti 2005–2008 Maria Tsiartsiani 2009 Eydoxia Argiropoulou
successes
2004 - Olympic participant 2008 - Olympic participant
(As of July 26, 2011)

Efthalia "Thaleia" Koutroumanidou ( Greek Ευθαλεία "Θάλεια" Κουτρουμανίδου , born October 7, 1982 in Volos ) is a former Greek beach volleyball player .

Career

Koutroumanidou reached 17th place with Slavroula Theodorou at the 1999 European Championships . A year later the duo finished 13th at the European Championships in Getxo . In 2001 and 2002 she played numerous open tournaments and two Grand Slams with Ekaterini Nikolaidou in Marseille and Klagenfurt am Wörthersee . At the EM 2002 Koutroumanidou / Nikolaidou lost to the Italians Gattelli / Perrotta and the Hungarians Nagy / Schlegl . In the next two years Koutroumanidou competed with Vasiliki Arvaniti , who had previously been her partner at two youth world championships. While the two Greeks were eliminated from the European Championship in Alanya in 2003 without a win, they had to admit defeat to the eventual winners Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor from the USA in the first main round of the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro . The next year they lost to the Czechs Celbová / Nováková in the European Championship round of 16 . Then they took part in the Olympic tournament in Athens and lost the round of 16 against the Germans Stephanie Pohl and Okka Rau in three sets in front of their own audience .

In 2005 Maria Tsiartsiani became Koutroumanidou's next partner. The new duo reached the third round at the World Cup in Berlin , where they lost to the Chinese Li Ying / Wang Lu . In the losing round, the Greeks were eliminated by the Cuban semi-finalists Fernández / Larrea and finished ninth. In the same year, the two Russian teams Bratkowa / Judina and Schirjajewa / Urjadowa defeated Koutroumanidou / Tsiartsiani at the EM in Moscow .

After finishing ninth at the 2006 European Championships , the Greeks failed again in the first main round of the 2007 World Cup to Larissa / Juliana. The next year they were ninth again at the European Championships in Hamburg . Then they lost the Olympic round of 16 in three sets against the Australians Barnett / Cook . Shortly afterwards, they parted ways. Koutroumanidou competed with Eydoxia Argiropoulou at the next World Cup in Stavanger and was eliminated after the preliminary round without winning a set.

Web links

• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
• Efthalia Koutroumanidou in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )