fullname coach show_medals club birth_place weight height birth_date article_title name style
xenofon koutsioumpas sotirios petrakis yes olympiacos f.c. trikala , greece 120 kg lb 0 on 1.92 0 on 1 may 1980 xenofon koutsioumpas
 xenofon koutsioumpas greco-roman
xenofon koutsioumpas

xenofon koutsioumpas -lrb- ; born may 1 , 1980 in trikala -rrb- is an amateur greek greco-roman wrestler , who competed in the men 's super heavyweight category .
koutsioumpas has claimed two medals at the mediterranean games -lrb- 2001 and 2005 -rrb- , a bronze in the 120-kg division at the 2001 world wrestling championships in patras , and has been selected to the nation 's olympic wrestling team when greece hosted the 2004 summer olympics in athens .
throughout his sporting career , koutsioumpas , along with his younger brother georgios , trained as a member of the greco-roman wrestling team for olympiacos f.c. in piraeus , under his head coach sotirios petrakis .
koutsioumpas emerged himself into the international scene at the 2001 mediterranean games in tunis , tunisia , where he took home the silver medal in the men 's 130-kg division .
when greece hosted the world championships in patras later that year , koutsioumpas enchanted the home crowd in a spectacular fashion , as he beat bulgaria 's sergei mureiko at 8 -- 0 , and ran off the mat with a bronze medal .
his sporting success continued to flourish at the next two world championships , but he left both tournaments empty handed with fourth and fifth-place finishes .
when greece welcomed the 2004 summer olympics in athens , koutsioumpas qualified as a member of the greek squad in the men 's 120 kg class , by placing fifth and receiving an automatic spot for his home nation from the 2003 world wrestling championships in créteil , france .
koutsioumpas suddenly lost a 2 -- 2 draw to kazakh wrestler and 2003 world bronze medalist georgiy tsurtsumia on his opening match , but quickly rallied with and delighted the home crowd inside the ano liossa olympic hall , as he prevailed two straight matches over sweden 's eddy bengtsson and georgia 's mirian giorgadze -lrb- both at 5 -- 0 -rrb- .
finishing second in the prelim pool and rounding out the top seven , koutsioumpas missed a chance to compete for his home nation in the quarterfinal rounds .
at the 2005 mediterranean games in almería , spain , koutsioumpas scored a stunning 7 -- 5 to climb the summit of the podium and snatch the men 's super heavyweight title in his final match against turkish wrestler and defending champion yekta yılmaz gül .
