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{{Infobox sport wrestler
| name = Sofia Poumpouridou
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| fullname = Sofia Poumpouridou
| nationality = {{GRE}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|6|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Lugovoye, Jambyl Region|Lugovoye]], [[Jambyl Region]],<br>[[Kazakh SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
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| height = {{height|m=1.57|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|55|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
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| style = [[Freestyle wrestling|Freestyle]]
| club = Ephiridai Wrestling Club
| coach = Andreas Hristodoulakis
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[freestyle wrestling]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GRE}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2001 Mediterranean Games|2001 Tunis]]|[[Wrestling at the 2001 Mediterranean Games|51 kg]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2005 Mediterranean Games|2005 Almería]]|[[Wrestling at the 2005 Mediterranean Games|55 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FILA Wrestling World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2002 World Wrestling Championships|2002 Chalcis]]|51 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FILA Wrestling European Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|2001 Budapest|51 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|2003 Riga|51 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|2007 Sofia|55 kg}}
| show-medals = yes
}}
 
'''Sofia Poumpouridou''' ({{lang-gr|Σοφία Πουμπουρίδου}}; born June 12, 1980 in [[Lugovoye, Jambyl Region|Lugovoye]], [[Jambyl Region]], [[Kazakh SSR]]) is a retired amateur Greek freestyle wrestler, who competed in the women's lightweight category.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|Sofia Poumpouridou|http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/sofia-poubouridou-1.html|4 August 2014}}</ref> Considered one of Europe's top female freestyle wrestlers in her decade, Poumpouridou has yielded a remarkable tally of six career medals, including two golds from the [[2001 Mediterranean Games]] and [[2002 World Wrestling Championships]]. She also had an opportunity to represent the host nation [[Greece]] at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]], finishing eleventh in the process.<ref name=poubouridou-athens>{{cite news|script-title=el:Με 18 παλαιστές στο ολυμπιακό ταπί της Αθήνας|trans_title=18 wrestlers in the Olympic mat for Athens|language=Greek|url=http://www.tovima.gr/sports/article/?aid=141249|publisher=[[To Vima]]|date=24 March 2002|accessdate=13 June 2014}}</ref> Throughout her sporting career, Poumpouridou trained full-time for Ephiridai Wrestling Club in [[Athens]], under her personal coach Andreas Hristodoulakis.

Poumpouridou reached sporting headlines at the [[2001 Mediterranean Games]] in [[Tunis, Tunisia]], where she picked up the gold medal in the [[Wrestling at the 2001 Mediterranean Games|women's 51 kg]] class. When [[Greece]] hosted the [[2002 World Wrestling Championships]] in [[Chalcis]], Poumpouridou enchanted the home crowd in a spectacular fashion, as she overwhelmed Japan's [[Chiharu Icho]] 3–0 and ran off the mat with another gold in the same division.<ref>{{cite news|last=Economopoulos|first=Lou|title=Greeks aim for record haul at Athens|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/nm3/greeks-aim-for-record-haul-at-athens/article1-21203.aspx|publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=9 August 2004|accessdate=4 August 2014}}</ref>

When women's wrestling made its debut the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]], Poumpouridou qualified for the Greek squad in the inaugural [[Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 55 kg|55 kg]] class. She filled up an entry by the [[International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles|International Federation of Association Wrestling]] and the [[Hellenic Olympic Committee]], as Greece received an automatic berth for being the host nation.<ref name=poubouridou-athens/><ref>{{cite news|last=Abbott|first=Gary|title=Olympic Games preview at 55 kg/121 lbs. in women's freestyle|url=http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=10303|work=[[USA Wrestling]]|publisher=The Mat|date=17 July 2004|accessdate=29 September 2013}}</ref> Amassed the home crowd inside [[Ano Liossia Olympic Hall]], Poumpouridou lost her opening match to France's [[Anna Gomis]] on technical superiority, and was wretchedly pinned by South Korea's [[Lee Na-lae]] that left her on the bottom of the prelim pool. Poumpouridou initially placed last out of twelve female wrestlers in the standings, but later upgraded to eleventh, as Puerto Rico's [[Mabel Fonseca]] was disqualified from the tournament after being tested positive for [[stanozolol]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Wrestling: Women's Freestyle 55kg|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/wrestling/results/3532690.stm|work=[[Athens 2004]]|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=30 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|script-title=el:Νέα κρούσματα - 11η η Πουμπουρίδου|trans_title=New outbreaks: Poumpouridou finished eleventh|language=Greek|url=http://www.antenna.gr/news/Sports/article/90469/new-kroysmata--11i-i-poympoyridoy|publisher=[[ANT1]]|date=28 August 2004|accessdate=13 June 2014}}</ref>

In 2005, Poumpouridou missed her title defense with a bronze in the women's lightweight category (55&nbsp;kg) at the [[2005 Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]] in [[Almería]], [[Spain]] to cap off her sporting career.<ref>{{cite news|script-title=el:Πήρε το χάλκινο η Πουμπουρίδου|trans_title=Poumpouridou takes the bronze|language=Greek|url=http://www.sport-fm.gr/article/18242|publisher=NovaSport FM|date=30 June 2005|accessdate=4 August 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbfoeldeak/daten.php?spid=EB2D8A65970D4724BF68E4B82BFD6D93 Profile – International Wrestling Database]

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[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Greek female sport wrestlers]]
[[Category:Olympic wrestlers of Greece]]
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:People from Jambyl Region]]
[[Category:World Wrestling Championships medalists]]

[[Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Greece]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games]]