Alexia Kourtelesi (; born 23 May 1971) is a former Greek judoka, who competed in the women's middleweight category, and judo coach.
According to the Hellenic Judo Federation, she is the most prominent Greek female judoka of all times, winning 20 gold and 2 bronze medals in Greek Championships until 2007.
Domestic competitions According to archived records of the Hellenic Judo Federation, Kourtelesi's honours in domestic competitions are the following:
Senior +DateEventCategoryPosition13/3/87Greek Women Championship 1987 +72Kg1st7/4/89Greek Women Championship 1989Open1st7/4/89Greek Women Championship 1989 +72Kg1st 22/3/90Greek Women Championship 1990Open3rd22/3/90Greek Women Championship 1990 -72Kg1st29/3/91Greek Women Championship 1991Open1st 29/3/91Greek Women Championship 1991 -72Kg1st 17/4/92Greek Women Championship 1992 -72Kg1st17/4/92Greek Women Championship 1992Open1st8/12/95Greek Men - Women Championship 1995 -72Kg1st8/12/95Greek Men - Women Championship 1995 Open1st29/11/96Greek Men - Women Championship 1996 -72Kg1st5/12/97Greek Men - Women Championship 1997 -70kg1st21/12/00Greek Men - Women Championship 2000 -70kg1st21/12/00Greek Men - Women Championship 2000 Open1st30/11/01Greek Men - Women Championship 2001 -70kg1st 29/11/02Greek Men - Women Championship 2002 -70kg1st16/12/03Greek Men - Women Championship 2003 -70kg1st17/12/04Greek Men - Women Championship 2004 -70kg1st9/12/05Greek Men - Women Championship 2005 -70kg1st1/12/06Greek Men - Women Championship 2006 -70kg1st7/12/07Greek Men - Women Championship 2007 -78Kg3rd
Junior +DateEventCategoryPosition26/6/87Greek Female Junior Championship 1987 -66Kg1st23/4/88Greek Female Junior Championship 1988 +72Kg2nd 10/6/89Greek Female Junior Championship 1989 -72Kg1st
International competitions
Olympic Games Kourtelesi represented her home nation Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Kourtelesi qualified for the Greek squad in the women's middleweight class (70 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by filling up an entry by the International Judo Federation and the Hellenic Olympic Committee, as Greece received an automatic berth for being the host nation. Kourtelesi received a bye in the opening round, but crashed out early in a defeat to Argentina's Elizabeth Copes by an ippon and an ippon seoi nage (one-arm shoulder throw) two minutes and fifty-six seconds into her first match.
Mediterranean Games She has represented Greece in the Mediterranean Games three times: in Bari (1997), Tunis (2001) and Almeria (2005).
Balkan Games According to the Polydamas sports club, she has won 5 medals: 1 Gold (1988), 1 Silver (1990) and 3 Bronze (1987, 1989, 1990) in the Judo Balkan Games.
According to archived records of the Hellenic Judo Federation the Gold medal was in the 14th Balkan Junior Games of 1988 and the bronze medal in 1990 was in the 15th Balkan Games.
References
External links
Hellenic Judo Federation Bio (archived)