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Alexia Kourtelesi - Wikipedia

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Alexia Kourtelesi
Personal information
Full name	Alexia Kourtelesi
Nationality	Greece
Born	(1971-05-23) 23 May 1971 (age 53) Athens, Greece
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Judo
Event	70 kg
Club	AON Argiroupolis

Alexia Kourtelesi (Greek: Αλεξία Κουρτελέση; born 23 May 1971) is a former Greek judoka, who competed in the women's middleweight category,^[1] and judo coach.^[2]

According to the Hellenic Judo Federation, she is the most prominent Greek female judoka of all times, winning 20 gold and 2 bronze medals in Greek Championships until 2007.^[3]

Domestic competitions

According to archived records of the Hellenic Judo Federation,^[4] Kourtelesi's honours in domestic competitions are the following:

Senior


Date	Event	Category	Position
13/3/87	Greek Women Championship 1987	+72Kg	1st
7/4/89	Greek Women Championship 1989	Open	1st
7/4/89	Greek Women Championship 1989	+72Kg	1st
22/3/90	Greek Women Championship 1990	Open	3rd
22/3/90	Greek Women Championship 1990	-72Kg	1st
29/3/91	Greek Women Championship 1991	Open	1st
29/3/91	Greek Women Championship 1991	-72Kg	1st
17/4/92	Greek Women Championship 1992	-72Kg	1st
17/4/92	Greek Women Championship 1992	Open	1st
8/12/95	Greek Men - Women Championship 1995	-72Kg	1st
8/12/95	Greek Men - Women Championship 1995	Open	1st
29/11/96	Greek Men - Women Championship 1996	-72Kg	1st
5/12/97	Greek Men - Women Championship 1997	-70kg	1st
21/12/00	Greek Men - Women Championship 2000	-70kg	1st
21/12/00	Greek Men - Women Championship 2000	Open	1st
30/11/01	Greek Men - Women Championship 2001	-70kg	1st
29/11/02	Greek Men - Women Championship 2002	-70kg	1st
16/12/03	Greek Men - Women Championship 2003	-70kg	1st
17/12/04	Greek Men - Women Championship 2004	-70kg	1st
9/12/05	Greek Men - Women Championship 2005	-70kg	1st
1/12/06	Greek Men - Women Championship 2006	-70kg	1st
7/12/07	Greek Men - Women Championship 2007	-78Kg	3rd

Junior


Date	Event	Category	Position
26/6/87	Greek Female Junior Championship 1987	-66Kg	1st
23/4/88	Greek Female Junior Championship 1988	+72Kg	2nd
10/6/89	Greek Female Junior Championship 1989	-72Kg	1st

International competitions

Olympic Games

Kourtelesi represented her home nation Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.^[5] Kourtelesi qualified for the Greek squad in the women's middleweight class (70 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by filling up an entry by the International Judo Federation and the Hellenic Olympic Committee, as Greece received an automatic berth for being the host nation.^[5]^[6] Kourtelesi received a bye in the opening round, but crashed out early in a defeat to Argentina's Elizabeth Copes by an ippon and an ippon seoi nage (one-arm shoulder throw) two minutes and fifty-six seconds into her first match.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Mediterranean Games

She has represented Greece in the Mediterranean Games three times: in Bari (1997), Tunis (2001) and Almeria (2005).^[2]^[10]

Balkan Games

According to the Polydamas sports club, she has won 5 medals: 1 Gold (1988), 1 Silver (1990) and 3 Bronze (1987, 1989, 1990) in the Judo Balkan Games.^[2]

According to archived records of the Hellenic Judo Federation^[4] the Gold medal was in the 14th Balkan Junior Games of 1988 and the bronze medal in 1990 was in the 15th Balkan Games.

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alexia Kourtelesi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Προπονητές". ΠΟΛΥΔΑΜΑΣ (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-05-14.
^ "ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΑ ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝ 1984-2013 – Γνωρίζατε ότι." Retrieved 2023-05-14.
^ ^a ^b "Κουρτελέση Αλεξία". 2016-03-15. Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2023-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ ^a ^b "H κλήρωση δεν τρόμαξε το τζούντο" [A draw would not affect them in judo] (in Greek). Kathimerini. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^ Η νέα γενιά και η επιστροφή του Παπαϊωάννου στα τατάμι [A new generation of judoka and Papaioannou returns to the tatami] (in Greek). To Vima. 14 April 2002. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^ "Judo: Women's Middleweight (70kg/154 lbs) Repechage Round 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
^ "Judo: Copes y Costa pierden y van a repechaje" [Judo: Copes and Costa lost, but move on to repechage] (in Spanish). Terra Networks. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
^ Ήττες για Βαζακασβίλι (-66κ) και Τσελαρίδου (-52κ) στο τζούντο [Fifth day of battles] (in Greek). ANT1. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^ newsroom, sport-fm (1 July 2005). "Πλώρη για το χρυσό". sport-fm.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-05-14. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

External links

Alexia Kourtelesi at the International Judo Federation
Alexia Kourtelesi at JudoInside.com
Hellenic Judo Federation Bio (archived) (in Greek)
Alexia Kourtelesi at Olympics.com
Alexia Kourtelesi at Olympedia (archive)

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