Voula Patoulidou, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Voula Patoulidou

Greek athlete

Date of Birth: 29-Mar-1965

Place of Birth: Florina, West Macedonia Region, Greece

Profession: politician, athletics competitor

Nationality: Greece

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Paraskevi ("Voula") Patoulidou (Greek: ?a?as?e?? "????a" ?at????d??, born 29 March 1965) was born in Tripotamo (now part of Florina).
A prolific athlete, Patoulidou throughout her athletics career competed in the 100 metres, 100 metres hurdles and in the long jump events.
Patoulidou became a Greek sporting legend in 1992, when she was the surprise winner of the Women's 100 m hurdles race at the Olympic Games in Barcelona.
She was the candidate for the Prefecture of Thessaloniki in the local elections of Autumn 2006 supported by the opposition party of PASOK, but lost the election to Panagiotis Psomiadis.