Panagiotis Papadopoulos (born May 23, 1985, in

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 ...

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) is a Greek wrestler who specializes in

Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mod ...

. He was a competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in the super-heavyweight division, losing in his opening bout to Liu Deli from China.Olympic results
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Papadopoulos, Panagiotis Olympic wrestlers for Greece Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Living people Greek male sport wrestlers Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling 1985 births Sportspeople from Thessaloniki 21st-century Greek people