Maria Prevolaraki ( el, Μαρία Πρεβολαράκη; born 21 December 1991 in

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) is a

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. She competed in the freestyle 55 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated by

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in the 1/8 finals. That year, she also won a bronze medal at the

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. She won silver at the

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and 2014 European Championships. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she advanced until the quarter-finals, taking 10th place. In 2017, she won bronze at both

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and European Championships. At the

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, Prevolaraki won one of the two bronze medals in her division. In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia. In 2021, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 53 kg event at the

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held in Tokyo, Japan. That year, she won silver in the European Championships. In February 2022, she won the gold medal in the 53 kg event at the Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. In April 2022, she won the silver medal in the women's 53 kg event at the

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held in Budapest, Hungary. A few months later, she won the gold medal in the 53 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. She won one of the bronze medals in the 53 kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia.

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* 1991 births Living people Greek female sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Greece Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Athens Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games European Games competitors for Greece World Wrestling Championships medalists European Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Greek women {{Greece-sport-bio-stub