Konstantinos Arkoudeas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Konstantinos Arkoudeas

Greek Greco-Roman wrestler

Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1973

Place of Birth: Athens, Attica Region, Greece

Profession: amateur wrestler

Nationality: Greece

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Konstantinos Arkoudeas

  • Konstantinos "Kostas" Arkoudeas (Greek: ???sta?t???? ?????d?a?; born 31 March 1973) is a retired welterweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Greece.
  • He won a silver medal in the 62 kg division at the 1993 Mediterranean Games and placed ninth and sixth at the 1992 and 2004 Olympics, respectively.
  • Until his retirement in 2005, Arkoudeas trained at Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.
  • under his father Panagiotis Arkoudeas.Arkoudeas made his international debut at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he placed ninth in the 62 kg division.
  • Twelve years later, he qualified for his second Olympics, as a 31-year-old veteran, in the 66 kg class when Greece hosted the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
  • He filled up an entry by the International Federation of Association Wrestling and the Hellenic Olympic Committee, as Greece received an automatic berth for being the host nation.
  • He started with a 9–3 victory over Oscar Wood, before losing his next match 1–4 to Mkhitar Manukyan.
  • In his final match against Jannis Zamanduridis, Arkoudeas pulled from a 2–2 tie to win in overtime, but fell short to advance to the quarterfinals, finishing second in the preliminary pool.

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