Victoria Mavridou

Victoria Mavridou
Personal information
Nationality	Greece
Born	(1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 21) Thessaloniki, Greece
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	102 kg (225 lb)
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	+75 kg
Club	Nemesis Stauroupolis

Victoria Mavridou (Greek: Βικτωρία Μαυρίδου; born July 8, 1991 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek weightlifter.^[1] At age seventeen, Mavridou made her official debut as the nation's lone female weightlifter for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's super heavyweight category (+75 kg). She placed ninth in this event, as she successfully lifted 105 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 126 kg in a two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk, for a total of 231 kg.^[2]

References

^ "Victoria Mavridou Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
^ "Women's +75kg (+165 lbs)". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 11 December 2012.

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NBC Olympics Profile

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Name	Mavridou, Victoria
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Short description	Olympic weightlifter
Date of birth	July 8, 1991
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