Alexia Rotsidou ( el, Αλεξία Ροτσίδου; born 12 April 1966) is a Cypriot volleyball coach, former international athlete, and politician. She was born in

Limassol Limassol (; el, Λεμεσός, Lemesós ; tr, Limasol or ) is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the district with the same name. Limassol is the second largest urban area in Cyprus after Nicosia, with an urban population ...

and studied in

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 ...

at the gymnastics academy. Since a child she dealt with sports and

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

. She competed in a row at AEL Limassol,

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

, and finished her career in SA. Limassol. She started her coaching career at the Panathinaikos Juniors, while she has been sitting on the bench of many teams such as Trifyliakos of Athens, Apollon Limassol, Panidiakos Daliou. She has many participations in national Cyprus and has won championships and cups of Greece and Cyprus. She is a member of the Committee of the Cyprus Sports Organization "Sports and Women". She has won many awards, such as that of the best volleyball athlete in Cyprus for 1983.40 χρόνια ΚΟΠΕ: Δοξάστηκαν οι θρύλοι της πετόσφαιρας
In the 2001

parliamentary A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democracy, democratic government, governance of a sovereign state, state (or subordinate entity) where the Executive (government), executive derives its democratic legitimacy ...

elections she was a candidate for Limassol with the

Democratic Rally The Democratic Rally ( el, Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός, translit=Dimokratikós Sinagermós, ΔΗΣΥ/DISY) is a liberal-conservative, Christian-democratic political party in Cyprus led by Averof Neofytou. The party was founded ...

Movement.

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