The Most Famous
WRESTLERS from Greece
This page contains a list of the greatest Greek Wrestlers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,027 Wrestlers, 1 of which were born in Greece. This makes Greece the birth place of the 52nd most number of Wrestlers behind South Africa, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Greek Wrestlers of all time. This list of famous Greek Wrestlers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Stephanos Christopoulos (1876 - 2000)
With an HPI of 51.13, Stephanos Christopoulos is the most famous Greek Wrestler. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages on wikipedia.
Stephanos Christopoulos (Greek: Στέφανος Χρηστόπουλος; 1876 – after 1906) was a Greek wrestler. He was a member of Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron, that merged in 1923 with Panachaikos Gymnastikos syllogos to become Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi. Christopoulos competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He defeated Momcsilló Tapavicza of Hungary in the first bout of the wrestling competition, matching the Hungarian in skill and wearing the other wrestler down until he conceded the match. In the semifinal, Christopoulos faced fellow Greek Georgios Tsitas. The result of that match was an injured shoulder and a loss for Christopoulos when Tsitas threw him. He finished third behind Tsitas and the German Carl Schuhmann, winning the bronze medal. Christopoulos returned to the competitive stage in Athens ten years later to compete in the 1906 Intercalated Games, he entered three events, his first event was in the weightlifting the two handed lift, he managed to lift 108.5 kilogrammes and finished in tied for seventh place, he also competed in the one handed lift but only lifted 40 kilogrammes and finished eleventh out of the 12 starters. He also entered the Wrestling in the heavyweight division, he won his first round against Austrian, Rudolf Arnold, in the next round he lost to Marcel Dubois from Belgium.
2. Maria Prevolaraki (b. 1991)
With an HPI of 22.25, Maria Prevolaraki is the 2nd most famous Greek Wrestler. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Maria Prevolaraki (Greek: Μαρία Πρεβολαράκη; born 21 December 1991 in Athens) is a Greek freestyle wrestler. She competed in the freestyle 55 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated by Yuliya Ratkevich in the 1/8 finals. That year, she also won a bronze medal at the World Championships. She won silver at the 2013 and 2014 European Championships. In 2014, she also became World Champion in Beach Wrestling, winning the gold medal in the women's 60 kg event at the World Beach Wrestling Championships in Katerini, Greece. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she advanced until the quarter-finals, taking 10th place. In 2017, she won bronze at both World and European Championships. At the 2018 European Championships, Prevolaraki won one of the two bronze medals in her division. In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia. In 2021, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 53 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. That year, she won silver in the European Championships. In February 2022, she won the gold medal in the 53 kg event at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. In April 2022, she won the silver medal in the women's 53 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. A few months later, she won the gold medal in the 53 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. She won one of the bronze medals in the 53 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. In February 2024, Prevolaraki won one of the bronze medals in the 53 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships in Bucharest, Romania. She defeated Natalia Malysheva in her bronze medal match. Prevolaraki competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She was eliminated in her second match. Later, it was announced that Prevolaraki had qualified to the Olympics due to the reallocation of an Independent Neutral Athlete. She competed in the women's 53 kg event at the Olympics.
3. Alexios Ntanatsidis (b. 1993)
With an HPI of 0.00, Alexios Ntanatsidis is the 3rd most famous Greek Wrestler. His biography has been translated into different languages.
Alexios Ntanatsidis is a Greek judoka. He began his professional career at the age of 14 after joining the Greek Judoka National team and he won a gold medal at the European Championships for cadets shortly after. In 2013, he won the gold medal at the U21 World Championships. In 2014, he won the bronze medal at the European Judo Open Championships. He also won a bronze medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games. In recent years, he has won two bronze medals and one silver at various IJF Grand Prix and he has also won gold medals at the Asian and Oceanian Opens in 2018 and 2019 respectively. He represented Greece in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
4. Georgios Pilidis (b. 2000)
With an HPI of 0.00, Georgios Pilidis is the 4th most famous Greek Wrestler. His biography has been translated into different languages.
Georgios Pilidis (born 21 January 2000) is a Greek freestyle wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 65 kg event at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. He competed in the 65 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as Greek wrestlers born between 1876 and 2000. Of these 4, 3 (75.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Greek wrestlers include Maria Prevolaraki, Alexios Ntanatsidis, and Georgios Pilidis. The most famous deceased Greek wrestlers include Stephanos Christopoulos. As of April 2024, 3 new Greek wrestlers have been added to Pantheon including Maria Prevolaraki, Alexios Ntanatsidis, and Georgios Pilidis.
Living Greek Wrestlers
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Maria Prevolaraki
1991 - Present
HPI: 22.25
Alexios Ntanatsidis
1993 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Georgios Pilidis
2000 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Deceased Greek Wrestlers
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Go to all RankingsMaria Prevolaraki
1991 - Present
HPI: 22.25
Alexios Ntanatsidis
1993 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Georgios Pilidis
2000 - Present
HPI: 0.00
