Sofia Iosifidou (Σοφία Ιωσηφίδου, born 13 January 1981) is a Greek former female

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

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 Water polo at the World Aquatics Champion ...

, playing as a

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Water Polo.

Career

She was a part of the team at the

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

. On club level she played for Ethnikos Piraeus 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, 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, wi ...

at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. She is married with two children

References

External links

Sofia Iosifidou at Sports Reference
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