Athlete

Physical Education, Sports Science - University of Athens, Greece

Partner Lefteris Petrounias

English, Greek

Her partner Lefteris Petrounias is a Greek gymnast who won a gold medal on rings at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 09 Oct 2018; gymnovosti.com, 10 Aug 2018)

She took up gymnastics in 1989. (fig-gymnastics.com, 05 Sep 2011)

She followed her older sister into the sport. (boro.gr, 27 Oct 2017)

Her father. (Facebook page, 11 Apr 2016)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has served as an ambassador for Special Olympics Hellas, a non-profit sporting and education institution for children with impairments in Greece. In 2017 she appeared on the Greek reality television show 'Nomads'. (gymnovosti.com, 10 Aug 2018; Facebook profile, 09 Aug 2018)

ATHENS MISS
She did not compete at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, which lead to a difficult time in her life. "That's kind of a dark time in my career and in my life because it stigmatised me a lot, it was a time after which I fell into depression because I could not represent my country at the Games held in my own country, and some people took that away from me. I hadn't qualified, I didn't go through the process of qualifying because they didn't let me. A year before that the Hellenic [gymnastics] Federation told me that I was too old and that I had to retire." (gymnovosti.com, 10 Aug 2018)

Last update : 2018-10-11