Alexandra Stamatopoulou

Greek Paralympic swimmer (born 1986)

Personal information

Nationality

Greek

Born

(1986-09-07) 7 September 1986 (age 38)
Romania^[1]

Sport

Paralympic swimming

Disability class

Club

Tyrtaios

Coached by

Michalis Nikopoulos

Medal record

Women's para swimming

Representing Greece
Paralympic Games
	2024 Paris	50 m backstroke S4
	2020 Tokyo	50m backstroke S4
World Championships
	2022 Madeira	50m backstroke S4
	2017 Mexico City	50m freestyle S3
	2019 London	50m backstroke S4
	2017 Mexico City	100m freestyle S3
	2017 Mexico City	50m backstroke S3
European Championships
	2018 Dublin	50m backstroke S4
	2024 Funchal	50m backstroke S4
	2016 Funchal	50m freestyle S3

Alexandra Stamatopoulou (born 7 September 1986) is a Greek Paralympic swimmer. She represented Greece at the Paralympic Games.^[2]

Personal Life

Stamatopoulou was born in Romania, in a very poor family, who had to send her to an institution. She lived there until she became five years old, when she was adopted and relocated to Greece. Her childhood idol was Nadia Comăneci. She has been diagnosed with the stiff-person syndrome.^[1]

Career

Stamatopoulou represented Greece at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. In Tokyo she won the bronze medal in the 50 metre backstroke S4 event.^[3] At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, in Paris, France, Stamatopoulou won the gold medal in the women’s 50m backstroke S4 category.^[4]

She was awarded as the Best Greek female athlete with a disability for 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022.^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Alexandra Stamatopoulou: From an institution in Romania, to Gold in Paralympics" (in Greek).
^ "Alexandra Stamatopoulou". paralympic.org. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^ "Alexandra Stamatopoulou". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^ "Swimmer Alexandra Stamatopoulou wins Paralympic gold on her 38th birthday". ekathimerini. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
^ "Πετρούνιας, Κορακάκη, Ράφτης, ομάδα πόλο του Ολυμπιακού κορυφαίοι για το 2018". ΠΣΑΤ - Πανελλήνιος Σύνδεσμος Αθλητικού Τύπου (in Greek). 14 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
^ Βραβεία ΠΣΑΤ: Οι Τσιτσιπάς και Στεφανίδη κορυφαίοι αθλητές της χρονιάς (in Greek).
^ "Οι ψήφοι που έλαβαν, ανά κατηγορία, οι κορυφαίοι αθλητές για το 2021 στα βραβεία του ΠΣΑΤ". ΠΣΑΤ - Πανελλήνιος Σύνδεσμος Αθλητικού Τύπου (in Greek). Retrieved 25 December 2021.