Nikolaos Kourtidis, Date of Birth

    

Nikolaos Kourtidis

Olympic weightlifter

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1986

Profession: athlete

Nationality: Greece

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Nikolaos Kourtidis

  • Nikolaos Kourtidis (Greek: ?????a?? ????t?d??; born April 1, 1986) is a Greek weightlifter of Georgian origin.
  • At age eighteen, Kourtidis made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, representing the host nation Greece.
  • He successfully lifted 377.5 kg in the men's middle-heavyweight category (94 kg), finishing in eleventh place. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Kourtidis competed this time for the men's heavyweight category (105 kg).
  • He placed ninth in this event, as he successfully lifted 176 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 221 kg in a two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk, for a total of 397 kg.In 2009 Kourtidis failed a doping test.

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