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| name = Maria Tselaridou
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| fullname = Maria Tselaridou
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| nationality = {{GRE}}
| sport = [[Judo]]
| event = 52 kg
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| club = AC Victoria Thessaloniki
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| residence = [[Athens]], Greece
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|3|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Almaty]], [[Kazakh SSR]],<br>[[Soviet Union]]
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'''Maria Tselaridou''' ({{lang-gr|Μαρία Τσελαρίδου}}; born March 26, 1981 in [[Almaty]], [[Kazakh SSR]]) is a Greek [[judoka]], who competed in the women's half-lightweight category.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|Maria Tselaridou|http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ts/maria-tselaridou-1.html|10 December 2014}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=tselaridou-olympics>{{cite news|title=H κλήρωση δεν τρόμαξε το τζούντο|trans_title=A draw would not affect them in judo|language=Greek|url=http://www.kathimerini.gr/191352/article/epikairothta/a8lhtismos/h-klhrwsh-den-troma3e-to-tzoynto|publisher=[[Kathimerini]]|date=13 August 2004|accessdate=11 December 2014}}</ref> Tselaridou is also a full-fledged member of the judo squad for AC Victoria Thessaloniki.

Tselaridou qualified for her naturalized Greek squad in the [[Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 52 kg|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.<ref name=tselaridou-olympics/> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Judo: Women's Half-Lightweight (52kg/115 lbs) Round of 16|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/martial_arts/results/3534182.stm|work=[[Athens 2004]]|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Judo: Imbriani startet mit knappem Sieg|trans_title=Judo: Imbriani starts the match with a tight victory|language=German|url=http://www.ksta.de/sport/judo---imbriani-startet-mit-knappem-sieg,15189364,14022794.html|publisher=[[Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger]]|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=11 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|script-title=el:Ήττες για Βαζακασβίλι (-66κ) και Τσελαρίδου (-52κ) στο τζούντο|trans_title=Defeats for Vazagashvili (66 kg) and Tselaridou (52 kg)|language=Greek|url=http://sports.in.gr/article/?aid=558605|publisher=[[In.gr]]|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=11 December 2014}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{JudoInside}}
*[http://www.hjf.gr/judoka2087/ Hellenic Judo Federation Bio] {{el icon}}

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[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Greek female judoka]]
[[Category:Olympic judoka of Greece]]
[[Category:Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani emigrants to Greece]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Almaty]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Athens]]

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