Alexia Kourtelesi

Alexia Kourtelesi
Personal information
Full name Alexia Kourtelesi
Nationality  Greece
Born (1971-05-23) 23 May 1971
Athens, Greece
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport Judo
Event(s) 70 kg
Club AON Argiroupolis

Alexia Kourtelesi (Greek: Αλεξία Κουρτελέση; born May 23, 1971 in Athens) is a Greek judoka, who competed in the women's middleweight category.[1] She picked up two Greek senior titles in her own division, and represented her home nation Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[2]

Kourtelesi qualified for the Greek squad in the women's middleweight class (70 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.[2][3] Kourtelesi received a bye in the opening round, but crashed out early in a defeat to Argentina's Elizabeth Copes by an ippon and an ippon seoi nage (one-arm shoulder throw) two minutes and fifty-six seconds into her first match.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Alexia Kourtelesi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 "H κλήρωση δεν τρόμαξε το τζούντο" [A draw would not affect them in judo] (in Greek). Kathimerini. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Η νέα γενιά και η επιστροφή του Παπαϊωάννου στα τατάμι [A new generation of judoka and Papaioannou returns to the tatami] (in Greek). To Vima. 14 April 2002. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Judo: Women's Middleweight (70kg/154 lbs) Repechage Round 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Judo: Copes y Costa pierden y van a repechaje" [Judo: Copes and Costa lost, but move on to repechage] (in Spanish). Terra Networks. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  6. ↑ Ήττες για Βαζακασβίλι (-66κ) και Τσελαρίδου (-52κ) στο τζούντο [Fifth day of battles] (in Greek). ANT1. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 11 December 2014.


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