Maria Kyridou ( el, Μαρία Κυρίδου; born 26 April 2001) is a

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

from

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

. Along with

Christina Bourmpou Christina Ioanna Bourmpou ( el, Χριστίνα Μπούρμπου; born 21 October 2000) is a Greek rower from Thessaloniki. Along with Maria Kyridou, she won four gold medals for Greece in just over four months. The last one, was the gold me ...

, she won four gold medals for Greece in just over four months. The last one, was the gold medal at the

2018 Summer Youth Olympics The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international sports, cultural, and educational event held ...

. Kyridou participated – along with Bourmpou – at the

2020 Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

, reaching the final and eventually taking the fifth place. She is the sister of Anneta Kyridou. She attends The Ohio State University.

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Living people 2001 births Rowers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Greek female rowers Youth Olympic gold medalists for Greece Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Rowers from Thessaloniki {{Greece-rowing-bio-stub