Ioannis Tsintsaris

Ioannis Tsintsaris
Personal information
Nationality Greece
Born (1962-02-08)8 February 1962
Sidirokastro, Greese
Died 1 March 2017(2017-03-01) (aged 55)
Education Athens Physical Education and Sports College[1]
Occupation
  • Olympic Weightlifter,
  • Weightlifting Coach
Height 5 ft 7.5 in (171 cm)[2]
Weight 287 lb (130 kg)[2]
Spouse(s) Anna Verouli (1984-1988)
Sport
Country Greece Greece
Sport Weightlifting
Weight class Super Heavyweight[3]
Coached by Antonis Arvanitidis (1988)
Retired 1993
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking 4th place, Summer Olympics 1984[1]

Ioannis Tsintsaris (8 February 1962 – 1 March 2017) was a Greek weightlifter who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[4] He was married to javelin thrower Anna Verouli from 1984 to 1988.[1] In 1993, he retired from his olympic career, and in 1996, he became a weightlifting coach in Sidirokastro up until 2008.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ακατάλληλος τίτλος". Βικιπαίδεια (in Greek). 14 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. 1 2
  3. ↑ "Ioannis Tsintsaris, Olympic Lifters Profiles @ Lift Up". www.chidlovski.net. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  4. ↑ «Έφυγε» ο τέταρτος Ολυμπιονίκης του Λος Άντζελες στην άρση βαρών Γιάννης Τσιντσάρης (in Greek)


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