Christina Tsoukala

Christina Tsoukala

Personal information
Full name	Christina Chrysoula Tsoukala
Born	(1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 33) Athens, Greece
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Water polo
Club	Vouliagmeni Olympiacos
Medal record Women's water polo Representing  Greece World Championship 2011 Shanghai Team competition European Championship 2010 Zagreb Team competition 2012 Eindhoven Team competition 2018 Barcelona Team competition

Christina Chrysoula Tsoukala (Greek: Χριστίνα Χρυσούλα Τσουκαλά, born 8 July 1991) is a former water polo player who played for Vouliagmeni Women’s Water Polo Team, Olympiacos and the Greece women's national water polo team.^[1][2][3]

She was part of the Greece national team awarded the gold medal at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships which took place in Shanghai in July 2011.^[4][5]

Biography

Christina is of Icelandic descent and she is the granddaughter of Kristín Guðmundsdóttir and Valsteinn Guðjónsson. She speaks excellent Icelandic and tries to come to Iceland at least once every year.^[6]

See also

• List of world champions in women's water polo
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

References

1. Christina Tsoukala at FINA
2. Στον Ολυμπιακό η Τσουκαλά. sport24.gr, 10 July 2017 (in Greek)
3. Τσουκαλά: «Μεγαλύτερο σωματείο στη χώρα ο Ολυμπιακός». aquafeed24.com, 10 July 2017 (in Greek)
4. "Greece fends off China for women’s water polo gold" Archived 2015-06-20 at the Wayback Machine fina.org July 29, 2011
5. "Γαλανόλευκη η κορυφή του κόσμου" (in Greek). sentragoal.gr. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
6. "Svona er lifið dásamlegt". www.sundsamband.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 February 2022.

External links

• Christina Tsoukala at Olympics.com
• Christina Tsoukala at Olympedia