Maria Kyridou (; born 26 April 2001) is a

Greek Greek may refer to: 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 of all kno ...

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

from

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

. Along with Christina Bourmpou, 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 (), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international multi-sport event, sports, cultural, and educational event held from 6 to 18 October 2018 ...

. Kyridou participated – along with Bourmpou – at the

2020 Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

, 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 Olympic rowers for Greece 21st-century Greek sportswomen {{Greece-rowing-bio-stub