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| Eleftheria
PLEVRITOU |
| Sport |
Water Polo |
| NOC |
Greece
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| Gender | Women |
| Born | 23 Apr 1997
| | Height | 1.78 m |
| Weight | 65 kg |
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Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Olympiacos Piraeus: Greece |
General Interest |
Famous relatives |
Her sisters Margarita and Vasiliki have represented Greece in water polo, with both competing at the 2021 World League Super Final in Athens, Greece. Margarita also won silver at the 2018 European Championships in Barcelona, Spain, while Vasiliki was part of the Greek team that claimed silver at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Volos, Greece. (SportsDeskOnline, 31 Aug 2021; sportsfeed.gr, 03 Sep 2015; fina.org, 09 Dec 2012) |
Awards and honours |
She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the 2014 and 2016 Pythia Cup events in Greece. (pisina.net, 28 Aug 2016; waterpoloworld.com, 17 Aug 2014)
She was named MVP of the 2014 European Junior Championships in Rome, Italy. (tovima.gr, 15 Sep 2014) |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Aleksandar Ciric [club], SRB; Alexia Kammenou [national] |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete |
Languages |
English, Greek |
Higher education |
Maritime Studies - University of Piraeus: Greece |
Sport Specific Information |
Preferred position / style / stance / technique |
Driver |
Handedness |
Right |
General Interest |
Ambitions |
To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (gazzetta.gr, 12 Jun 2021) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
"My sister Margarita and my big brother were playing the sport, and then my other sister Vasiliki and I joined them. From the first day we saw them training we wanted to jump into the pool. We did not have swimsuits, but we wanted to try it from day one, so we got stuck in." |
General Interest |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"When you do it right nobody remembers, when you do it wrong nobody forgets." (Facebook profile, 24 May 2021) |
Most influential person in career |
Her parents. (sport24.gr, 23 Jan 2022) |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She began playing water polo at the Iraklis club in Thessaloniki, Greece. |
World Championship |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 4 |
2024 |
Doha, QAT |
Team |
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| 8 |
2023 |
Fukuoka, JPN |
Team |
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| 7 |
2022 |
Budapest, HUN |
Team |
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| 8 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
Team |
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| 7 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
Team |
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| 6 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
Team |
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| 6 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
Team |
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World Cup |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 5 |
2023 |
Long Beach, CA, USA |
Team |
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European Championship |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 3 |
2024 |
Eindhoven, NED |
Team |
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| 2 |
2022 |
Split, CRO |
Team |
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| 6 |
2020 |
Budapest, HUN |
Team |
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| 2 |
2018 |
Barcelona, ESP |
Team |
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| 5 |
2016 |
Belgrade, SRB |
Team |
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| 6 |
2014 |
Budapest, HUN |
Team |
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