Theodoros Tounousidis

Theodoros Tounousidis
Personal information
Nationality  Greece
Born (1984-01-13) 13 January 1984
Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)
Weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Greco-Roman
Club Spårvägens BK (SWE)
Coached by Ryszard Swierad (SWE)

Theodoros Tounousidis (Greek: Θεόδωρος Τουνουσίδης; born January 13, 1984) is a Swedish-born Greek wrestler who competed for the men's Greco-Roman 96 kg (heavyweight division) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[1] Tounousidis received a bye for the second round, before losing out to Georgia's Ramaz Nozadze, with a technical score of 1–3, and a classification point score of 1–3.[2]

Tounousidis eventually won the silver medal for the heavyweight category at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy, losing out to Turkey's Serkan Ozden. He is also a member of Spårvägens BK in Stockholm, Sweden, being coached and trained by Ryszard Swierad. He is fluent in Greek, English, German, and Swedish.

References

  1. "Theodoros Tounousidis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  2. "Men's Greco-Roman 96kg (211.5 lbs) Round of 16 Official". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 1 December 2012.

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