Maria Papadopoulou, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Maria Papadopoulou

Olympic swimmer

Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1980

Place of Birth: Limassol, Limassol District, Cyprus

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Maria Papadopoulou (Greek: ?a??a ?apad?p?????; born September 8, 1980) is a Cypriot former swimmer who specialized in butterfly events.
She set a Cypriot record of 1:01.67 to earn a bronze medal in the 100 m butterfly at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis, Tunisia. Papadopoulou made her first Cypriot team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed in the women's 100 m butterfly, held on the first day of preliminaries.
She broke a 1:02 barrier to top the third heat with a time of 1:01.64, but finished only in thirty-second place.At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Papadopoulou qualified again for the women's 100 m butterfly by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:01.76.
She challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including five-time Olympian Mette Jacobsen of Denmark.
She edged out Iceland's Kolbrún Yr Kristjánsdóttir to pick up a fourth spot by 0.32 of a second in 1:02.01.
Papadopoulou failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed twenty-ninth overall on the first day of preliminaries.Papadopoulou is a former member of the swimming team for Arizona Wildcats, and a graduate of management information systems at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.