Christina Chrysoula Tsoukala ( el, Χριστίνα Χρυσούλα Τσουκαλά, born 8 July 1991) is a
water polo player currently playing for
Olympiacos and the
Greece women's national water polo team.
She was part of the Greece national team awarded the
gold medal
A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture.
Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
at the
2011 World Aquatics Championships
The 14th FINA World Championships () were held on 16–31 July 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchro ...
which took place in
Shanghai in July 2011.
Biography
Christina is of
Icelandic descent and she is the granddaughter of Kristín Guðmundsdóttir and Valsteinn Guðjónsson.
She speaks excellent
Icelandic and tries to come to
Iceland at least once every year.
See also
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List of world champions in women's water polo
This is a list of world champions in women's water polo since the inaugural official edition in 1986.
Abbreviations
History
The 1986 Women's World Water Polo Championship was the first edition of the women's water polo tournament at the Worl ...
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List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References
External links
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Greek female water polo players
Living people
Water polo players from Athens
1991 births
Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team players
Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic water polo players of Greece
World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
21st-century Greek women
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