Sofia Iosifidou (Σοφία Ιωσηφίδου, born 13 January 1981) was a Greek female
water polo
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player. She was a member of the
Greece women's national water polo team
The Greece women's national water polo team represents Greece in international women's water polo competitions. Since the mid-1990s, Greece have emerged as one of the leading powers in the world, becoming World Champions after their gold medal w ...
, playing as a
centre back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
Water Polo.
Career
She was a part of the team at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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.
On club level she played for
Ethnikos Piraeus
Ethnikos Piraeus (Greek: Εθνικός Πειραιώς) is a Greek multisport club based in Piraeus. It was founded in 1923. The full name of the club is Ethnikos Omilos Filathlon Pireos/Phalirou or Ethnikos OFPF (Greek: Εθνικός Όμιλ ...
and
ANO glyfada
The Athletic Nautical Club of Glyfada , or "ANOG" (Greek: Αθλητικός Ναυτικός Όμιλος Γλυφάδας, "ΑΝΟΓ") was founded by 20 local sportsmen in 1946 and is located in Glyfada, Athens.
The first name of the club was ' ...
in Greece and is one of the four who has winning Three European champions league and eight national champions.
Family
Her father is water polo player
Kyriakos Iosifidis
Kyriakos "Koulis" Iosifidis ( el, Κυριάκος Ιωσηφίδης, born 27 January 1946 in Piraeus) is a retired Greek water polo player and water polo coach. As a player, he was part of the Greece men's national water polo team at the 1968 a ...
, who was part of the
Greece men's national water polo team
The Greece men's national water polo team represents Greece in international men's water polo competitions and it is organized and run by the Hellenic Swimming Federation.
Greece has a long tradition of strong presence at international level, wit ...
at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. She is married with two children
References
External links
Sofia Iosifidou at Sports Reference*http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Brenda+Villa/Sofia+Iosifidou
*http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/sofia-iosifidou?excludenudity=true&sort=mostpopular&mediatype=photography&phrase=sofia%20iosifidou
*http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-greeces-sofia-iosifidou-r-reaches-for-the-ball-over-a-player-from-119748845.html
1981 births
Living people
Greek female water polo players
Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic water polo players of Greece
Place of birth missing (living people)
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Ethnikos Piraeus Water Polo Club players
21st-century Greek women