Christina Tsoukala
Greek water polo player
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Full name | Christina Chrysoula Tsoukala | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 33) Athens, Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Water polo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Olympiacos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christina Chrysoula Tsoukala (Greek: Χριστίνα Χρυσούλα Τσουκαλά, born 8 July 1991) is a water polo player currently playing for Olympiacos and the Greece women's national water polo team.[1][2][3]
She was part of the Greece national team awarded the gold medal at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships which took place in Shanghai in July 2011.[4][5]
Biography
Christina is of Icelandic descent and she is the granddaughter of Kristín Guðmundsdóttir and Valsteinn Guðjónsson. She speaks excellent Icelandic and tries to come to Iceland at least once every year.[6]
See also
- List of world champions in women's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References
- ^ Christina Tsoukala at FINA
- ^ Στον Ολυμπιακό η Τσουκαλά. sport24.gr, 10 July 2017 (in Greek)
- ^ Τσουκαλά: «Μεγαλύτερο σωματείο στη χώρα ο Ολυμπιακός». aquafeed24.com, 10 July 2017 (in Greek)
- ^ "Greece fends off China for women’s water polo gold" Archived 2015-06-20 at the Wayback Machine fina.org July 29, 2011
- ^ "Γαλανόλευκη η κορυφή του κόσμου" (in Greek). sentragoal.gr. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ "Svona er lifið dásamlegt". www.sundsamband.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
External links
- Christina Tsoukala at Olympics.com
- Christina Tsoukala at Olympedia
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