Paraskevi PATOULIDOU
Paraskevi (Voula) Patoulidou
was born on the 29th of March of 1965 at Tripotamon of Florina. She weights
61 kgs and her height is 1, 68 m. She belongs to Aris Salonica G.C.
At the 1992 Olympic Games
of Barcelona,
Voula was the surprise winner of the Women's 100 m.
hurdles race. That was the first great success of a Greek Track & Field
athlete since 1956, and gave a boost to the sport that resulted to the
recent successes of Greek athletes. She was, also, the first woman from
Greece to receive an Olympic medal in Track & Field. After the
Barcelona Olympics she continued training, but not in the 100 m. nor the
100 m. hurdles. She resumed training in Long Jump, from where she had started,
but gave up her career (for the time being) after the Athens World Championships,
in order to give birth to her first baby. Before that, she managed to participate
in her second Olympic Games' Final, that of the Long Jump in the Atlanta
Games. Her personal bests are: 100 m.: 11" 27. (1990), 100 m.
Hurdles: 12" 64. (1992), Long Jump: 6" 71. (1995), 60 m.
Hurdles: 8" 08. (1990). Her two records at the Hurdles' events are
also National records for Greece.
Career
Highlights
1st- Olympic Games,
Barcelona 1992
(100 m. H.)
1st- Mediterranean
Games, Athens 1991 (100 m.)
2nd- Mediterranean Games,
Athens 1991
(100 m. H.)
7th- European Indoor
Championships, 1990 (60 m. H.)
9th- World Indoor
Championships, 1995 (Long Jump)
10th- Olympic Games, Atlanta
1996 (Long Jump)
11th- World Indoor Championships,
1989
(60 m. H.)
1st- Balkan Games,
1990 (100 m., 100 m. H.)
1st- Balkan Games,
1994 (Long Jump)
