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Christina Tsoukala
Christina Chrysoula Tsoukala ( el, Χριστίνα Χρυσούλα Τσουκαλά, born 8 July 1991) is a water polo player currently playing for Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team, Olympiacos and the Greece women's national water polo team. She was part of the Greece national team awarded the Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament#Final ranking, gold medal at the Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, 2011 World Aquatics Championships which took place in Shanghai in July 2011. Biography Christina is of Icelanders, Icelandic descent and she is the granddaughter of Kristín Guðmundsdóttir and Valsteinn Guðjónsson. She speaks excellent Icelandic language, Icelandic and tries to come to Iceland at least once every year. See also * List of world champions in women's water polo * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo References External links * Greek female water polo players Living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political influence on the European continent—particularly Ancient Rome. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
