Maria Prevolaraki

Maria Prevolaraki (born December 21, 1991 in Athens ) is a Greek wrestler . She won a bronze medal at the 2012 World Championships and a silver medal at the 2013 European Championships , each in the weight class up to 55 kg body weight.

Career

Maria Prevolaraki started wrestling as a teenager. She belongs to the sports club Ethniko Athen and is trained by Panagiotis Argoudea. She is a sports student.

As a junior, she started at eight international championships between 2006 and 2011 and was very successful. In 2007 she was in Warsaw in the weight class up to 49 kg Junior European Champion in the age group "Cadets". In 2011 she was again Junior European Champion in Zrenjanin, this time in the age group "Juniors" and in the weight class up to 55 kg. She also won a bronze medal at the 2011 Junior World Championships in Bucharest.

In 2011 it was also used for the first time in an international championship for women. She came to the European Championships in Dortmund in the weight class up to 55 kg, in which she always started as an adult, after a defeat against Ludmila Cristea , Moldova, a victory over Christine Knittel , Germany and a defeat against Katarzyna Krawczyk , Poland 7th place. At the 2011 Women's World Cup in Istanbul, she lost her first fight against Batbaataryn Nomin-Erdene from Mongolia. Since this did not reach the final, she was eliminated and only came in 26th place.

She did much better at the 2012 European Championships in Belgrade. There she defeated Eileen Friedrich , Germany and Lenka Martinakowa, Czech Republic, then lost to Sofia Mattsson , Sweden and in the battle for a bronze medal also against Maria Gurowa from Russia. It reached the 5th place. In April 2012 Maria Prevolaraki managed to qualify for participation in the Olympic Games in London with a 2nd place behind Julia Ratkewitsch , Azerbaijan, at a tournament in Sofia. She left it u. a. Ludmila Cristea and Anna Gomis , France, behind. At the Olympic Games in London itself, she lost in her first fight against Julia Ratkewitsch and then retired because she did not reach the final. It reached 15th place in London. She then took part in the World Cup in Strathcoona Caunty, Canada, where she won a bronze medal with victories over Joice Souza de Silva, Brazil, a defeat against Helen Maroulis , United States and victories over Nadezhda Michalkowa, Belarus and Brittanee Laverdure , Canada.

Maria Prevolaraki was also very successful at the 2013 European Championships in Tbilisi. She won there over Violeta Atanasowa, Bulgaria, Katarzyna Krawczyk and Irina Husjak , Ukraine, but lost in the final against the experienced Sofia Mattsson. She became vice European champion.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2006	8th.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Istanbul	up to 49 kg	Winner: Sofia Mattsson, Sweden, ahead of Marina Oydopowa, Russia
2007	1.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Warsaw	up to 49 kg	before Mihaele Munteanu, Romania and Swetlana Schirjajewa, Russia
2008	5.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Daugavpils	up to 52 kg	Winner: Karima Sanchez Ramis, Spain ahead of Svetlana Schirjajew
2008	5.	Junior World Championships in Istanbul	up to 51 kg	behind Yu Horiuchi, Japan, Jekaterina Sergejewna Krasnowa , Russia, Helen Maroulis , USA and Nadja Gradschuk, Azerbaijan
2009	11.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 55 kg	Winner: Natalja Smirnowa , Russia ahead of Sylwie Bilenska, Poland
2009	5.	Junior European Championship in Tbilisi	up to 55 kg	Winner: Maria Gurowa , Russia ahead of Anastasija Grigorjeva , Latvia
2009	12.	Junior World Championships in Ankara	up to 55 kg	after a victory over Batbaataryn Nomin-Erdene , Mongolia and a loss to Maria Gurowa
2011	3.	“Dan Kolow & Nikola Petrow” memorial in Burgas	up to 59 kg	behind Georgiana Narcisa Paic, Romania and Rim Ayari, Tunisia
2011	7th	EM in Dortmund	up to 55 kg	after losing to Ludmila Cristea, Moldova, defeating Christine Knittel, Germany and losing to Katarzyna Krawczyk, Poland
2011	1.	Junior European Championship in Zrenjanin	up to 55 kg	before Tatjana Debien, France and Eileen Friedrich, Germany
2011	3.	Junior World Championships in Bucharest	up to 55 kg	after a victory over Ana Maria Oltean, Romania, a defeat against Kanako Murata, Japan and victories over Tatjana Debien and Hafize Sahin, Turkey
2011	26th	World Cup in Istanbul	up to 55 kg	after a loss to Batbaataryn Nomin-Erdene
2011	5.	FILA test tournament in London	up to 55 kg	behind Sofia Mattsson, Olga Butkewitsch, Great Britain, Um Ji-eun, South Korea and Julia Ratkewitsch , Azerbaijan
2012	5.	EM in Belgrade	up to 55 kg	after victories over Eileen Friedrich and Lenka Martinkowa, Czech Republic and defeats against Sofia Mattsson and Maria Gurowa
2012	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Sofia	up to 55 kg	behind Julia Ratkewitsch, in front of Ludmila Cristea and Anna Gomis, France
2012	1.	Mediterranean games in Larissa	up to 55 kg	before Bedihe Gun, Turkey, Tatjana Debien and Rabea Sayed, Egypt
2012	15th	OS in London	up to 55 kg	after a loss to Julia Ratkewitsch
2012	3.	World Cup in Strathcoona County	up to 55 kg	after a victory over Joice Souza da Silva, Brazil, a defeat against Helen Maroulis and victories over Nadeschda Michalkowa, Belarus and Brittanee Laverdure, Canada
2013	2.	EM in Tbilisi	up to 55 kg	after victories over Violeta Atanasowa, Bulgaria, Katarzyna Krawczyk and Irina Husjak, Ukraine and a defeat against Sofia Mattsson

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• "Foeldeak Wrestling Database" website

Web links

• Maria Prevolaraki in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )