Efstathios Topalidis (Greek: Ευστάθιος Τοπαλίδης; born 12 October 1978) is a Greek former amateur freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's super heavyweight category.[1] He wrestled for the Greek squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and eventually captured a bronze medal in the 120-kg category at the 2005 European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria.[2][3] Topalidis trained throughout his sporting career as a member of the wrestling team for Atlas Kallitheas Club in Athens, under the tutelage of his longtime coach Hristos Alexandridis.
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| Full name | Efstathios Topalidis | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Greece | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 October 1978 Athens, Greece | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (265 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Style | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Atlas Kallitheas | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Hristos Alexandridis | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Topalidis qualified for the Greek wrestling squad in the men's super heavyweight class (130 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2] Nearly six months earlier, he beat Poland's Tomasz Szewczyk in a consolation match to round off the podium for the bronze and a ticket to the Games at the third pre-Olympic tournament in Mexico City, Mexico.[4] Topalidis lost two straight matches each to Iran's eventual fourth-place finalist Abbas Jadidi (1–9) and Georgia's Alex Modebadze (0–5), wrapping up his maiden Games to last place in the prelim pool and fifteenth overall in the final standings.[5]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Efstathios Topalidis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ a b Στάθης Τοπαλίδης: Ο αγωνιστής Πόντιος αντιδήμαρχος Αχαρνών [Stathis Topalidis: Pontos wrestler, deputy mayor of Acharnon]. www.pontos-news.gr (in Greek). Pontos News. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ Χάλκινοι Τοπαλίδης και Λοϊζίδης [Bronze for Topalidis and Loizidis]. www.sport-fm.gr (in Greek). Sport FM. 13 April 2005. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ Αλλοι δύο παλαιστές στο Σίδνεϊ [Two more wrestlers are going to Sydney] (in Greek). In.gr. 27 March 2000. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Sydney 2000: Wrestling – Super Heavyweight Freestyle (130kg)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 134–135. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
External links
edit- Profile – International Wrestling Database at the Wayback Machine (archived March 5, 2016)
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