Maria Garagouni

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Maria Garagouni
Personal information
NationalityGreek
Born (1975-12-21) 21 December 1975 (age 48)
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Spike307 cm (121 in)
Block290 cm (110 in)
Volleyball information
Number2
Career
YearsTeams
2002-2004 Flag of Greece.svg Vrilissia
2004-2007 Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
National team
2004Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Greece

Maria Garagouni (born 21 December 1975) was a Greek female volleyball player. She was part of the Greece women's national volleyball team.

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She competed with the national team at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany, [1] and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. [2] She played with Vrilissia in 2004. She won 3 Greek Championships and 2 Greek Cups with Panathinaikos.

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References

  1. "Gkaragkouni - Player's biography". www.fivb.org. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  2. "Greece women's volleyball roster at FIVB.com". 2004 Athens . FIVB. 18 September 2015.