{{short description|Greek freestyle wrestler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Maria Prevolaraki | image = | imagesize = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|12|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = Athens, Greece <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/maria-prevolaraki-751163 | title=Maria Prevolaraki | NBC Olympics }}</ref> | height = | club = | coach = Panagiotis Argoudea | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's Freestyle Wrestling}} {{MedalCountry|{{GRE}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2012 Strathcona County|55 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Paris|53 kg}} {{MedalBronze| 2022 Belgrade|53 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold|2025 Bratislava|53 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2013 Tbilisi|55 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2014 Vantaa|53 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2021 Warsaw|53 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Budapest|53 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2026 Tirana|53 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Novi Sad|53 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Kaspiysk|53 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2023 Zagreb|53 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2024 Bucharest|53 kg}} {{Medal|Competition| Individual World Cup }} {{Medal|Gold| 2020 Belgrade | 53 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|World Beach Wrestling Championships}} {{MedalGold|2014 Katerini|60 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}} {{MedalGold|2013 Mersin|55 kg}} {{MedalGold|2018 Tarragona|53 kg}} {{MedalGold|2022 Oran|53 kg}} }}
'''Maria Prevolaraki''' ({{langx|el|Μαρία Πρεβολαράκη}}; born 21 December 1991 in Athens) is a Greek freestyle wrestler.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maria Prevolaraki|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/prevolaraki-maria-1116601/|publisher=London 2012|accessdate=2012-08-22|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731070913/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/prevolaraki-maria-1116601/|archivedate=2012-07-31}}</ref> She competed in the freestyle 55 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated by Yuliya Ratkevich in the 1/8 finals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maria Prevolaraki - Events and results|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/prevolaraki-maria-1116601/events/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806001524/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/prevolaraki-maria-1116601/events/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-08-06|publisher=London 2012|accessdate=2012-08-22}}</ref> That year, she also won a bronze medal at the World Championships.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2012 World Championships |url=https://whatsmat.uww.org/daten.php?wkid=5C1651E110F442DFA77C02306036C83C&gkl=3 |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=whatsmat.uww.org}}</ref>
She won silver at the 2013 and 2014 European Championships.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2013 European Championships |url=https://whatsmat.uww.org/daten.php?wkid=1A4697AAE5D84EE08F0CD1412304D8C3&gkl=3 |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=whatsmat.uww.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2014 European Championships |url=https://whatsmat.uww.org/daten.php?wkid=30A6FF193E7141F0B9540D814699BD9B&gkl=2 |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=whatsmat.uww.org}}</ref>
In 2014, she also became World Champion in Beach Wrestling, winning the gold medal in the women's 60{{nbsp}}kg event at the World Beach Wrestling Championships in Katerini, Greece.<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Wrestling Database - Prevolaraki, Maria (GRE) |url=https://whatsmat.uww.org/daten.php?spid=6185B0F416B645579EB93C778601B69A |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=whatsmat.uww.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-07-08 |title=Beach Wrestling Worlds end with Greece on top {{!}} eKathimerini.com |url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/sports/161372/beach-wrestling-worlds-end-with-greece-on-top/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=www.ekathimerini.com |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=emmanuel |title=Host Greece Dominates Beach Wrestling World Championship |url=https://uww.org/article/host-greece-dominates-beach-wrestling-world-championship |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=United World Wrestling |date=9 July 2014 |language=English}}</ref>
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she advanced until the quarter-finals, taking 10th place.
In 2017, she won bronze at both World and European Championships.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2017 World Championships |url=https://whatsmat.uww.org/daten.php?wkid=66E1FA613EBF4DBB81546984E0CD3BCD&gkl=2 |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=whatsmat.uww.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2017 European Championships |url=https://whatsmat.uww.org/daten.php?wkid=A352335F06E54D14BA1F9DD75AE0FC9F&gkl=2 |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=whatsmat.uww.org}}</ref>
At the 2018 European Championships, Prevolaraki won one of the two bronze medals in her division.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2018 European Championship |url=https://whatsmat.uww.org/daten.php?wkid=1F06F22F20D94F30BFA9B13F0F6E3531&gkl=2 |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=whatsmat.uww.org}}</ref>
In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.<ref name="all_conquering_wins_gold_uww_individual_world_cup_2020">{{Cite news|last=Iveson|first=Ali|date=16 December 2020|title=All-conquering Tynybekova wins 62kg gold at UWW Individual World Cup|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102056/all-conquering-tynybekova-wins-gold|url-status=live|access-date=17 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216001037/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102056/all-conquering-tynybekova-wins-gold|archive-date=16 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="uww_individual_world_cup_results_book_2020">{{Cite web|title=2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf|archive-date=18 December 2020|access-date=18 December 2020|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> In 2021, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 53 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="wrestling_results_book_summer_olympics_2020">{{Cite web|title=Wrestling Results Book|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf|archive-date=7 August 2021|access-date=8 August 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}}</ref> That year, she won silver in the European Championships.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 European Championship |url=https://whatsmat.uww.org/daten.php?wkid=F7BA36677CF54753BBE1E58DA54A29EB&gkl=2 |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=whatsmat.uww.org}}</ref>
In February 2022, she won the gold medal in the 53 kg event at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.<ref name="dan_kolov_nikola_petrov_tournament_results_book_2022">{{Cite web |title=2022 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-02/results_02_veliko_tarnovo.pdf?VersionId=RLQJ3tFveNdhoBRrAa_YmxBjhap46i5S |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313052955/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-02/results_02_veliko_tarnovo.pdf?VersionId=RLQJ3tFveNdhoBRrAa_YmxBjhap46i5S |archive-date=13 March 2022 |access-date=15 March 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> In April 2022, she won the silver medal in the women's 53 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.<ref name="ukraine_golden_record_european_championships_2022">{{Cite news |last=Lloyd |first=Owen |date=1 April 2022 |title=Ukraine record golden double at European Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1121348/european-wrestling-championships-hungary |access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="results_book_european_wrestling_championships_2022">{{Cite web |title=2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403191311/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 |archive-date=3 April 2022 |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> A few months later, she won the gold medal in the 53 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.<ref name="wrestling_summary_mediterranean_games_2022">{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Competition Summary |url=https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/2022-06-29/WRE-------------------------------__C96_1.0.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630130108/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/2022-06-29/WRE-------------------------------__C96_1.0.pdf |archive-date=30 June 2022 |access-date=30 June 2022 |website=2022 Mediterranean Games}}</ref> She won one of the bronze medals in the 53 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.<ref name="susaki_morikawa_earn_japanese_double_2022">{{Cite news |last=Burke |first=Patrick |date=14 September 2022 |title=Susaki and Morikawa earn Japanese double at World Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128068/world-wrestling-champs-2022-day-5 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="results_book_world_wrestling_championships_2022">{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>
In February 2024, Prevolaraki won one of the bronze medals in the 53{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships in Bucharest, Romania.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sportsfeed |date=2024-02-16 |title=ΧΑΛΚΙΝΟ ΜΕΤΑΛΛΙΟ Η ΠΡΕΒΟΛΑΡΑΚΗ ΣΤΟ ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΟ! |url=https://sportsfeed.gr/chalkino-metallio-i-prevolaraki-sto-eyropaiko/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |language=el}}</ref><ref name="european_wrestling_championships_results_book_2024">{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM |archive-date=19 February 2024 |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> She defeated Natalia Malysheva in her bronze medal match.<ref name="european_wrestling_championships_results_book_2024"/> Prevolaraki competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.<ref name="european_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024">{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-date=8 April 2024 |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> She was eliminated in her second match.<ref name="european_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024"/> Later, it was announced that Prevolaraki had qualified to the Olympics due to the reallocation of an Independent Neutral Athlete. She competed in the women's 53{{nbsp}}kg event at the Olympics.<ref name="wrestling_results_book_summer_olympics_2024">{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}}</ref>
In 2025, Prevolaraki won the gold medal in the 53{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bratislava, Slovakia.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Khalatyan |first=Rafael |date=15 April 2025 |title=Ukraine's dominance, Greece's historic gold |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1152858/womens-wrestling-european-championships |access-date=21 April 2025 |work=InsideTheGames.biz}}</ref><ref name="european_wrestling_championships_results_book_2025">{{Cite web |title=2025 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2025-04/final-book-senior_european_championships.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250414180503/https://cdn.uww.org/2025-04/final-book-senior_european_championships.pdf |archive-date=14 April 2025 |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>
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