Eftychia Papavasilopoulou
Greek-American diver (born 1981)
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Eftychia Pappa-Papavasilopoulou (Greek: Ευτυχία Παππά-Παπαβασιλόπουλου; born October 3, 1981, in New York, New York, United States) is a female Greek-American diver, who specialized in individual and synchronized platform events.[1] At age nineteen, Papavasilopoulou made her official debut for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she placed twenty-seventh in the women's platform event, with a score of 236.79.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Eftychia Pappa-Papavasilopoulou |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Born | 3 October 1981 |
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Diving |
Event | Platform |
| Club | DAS Drapetsounas (GRE) |
| Coached by | Youri Artamonov (GRE) |
Papavasilopoulou represented her host nation Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she competed for individual and synchronized platform events. She reached into the semi-finals of the women's platform event, where she was able to perform an astonishing dive with a total score of 463.89, finishing only in seventeenth place. She also teamed up with her partner Florentia Sfakianou, and cheered by the home crowd for an eighth-place finish in the women's synchronized platform, with an impressive score of 272.40 points.[2]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Papavasilopoulou competed for the third time in the women's platform, where she scored 252.00 points in the preliminary competition, finishing only in twenty-ninth place.[3]
Papavasilopoulou is a member of DAS Drapetsounas in Piraeus, Greece, being coached and trained by Russian-born Youri Artamonov.
