Maria Garagouni | |||||||
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Nationality | Greek | ||||||
Born | 21 December 1975 | ||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||
Spike | 307 cm (121 in) | ||||||
Block | 290 cm (110 in) | ||||||
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Number | 2 | ||||||
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Maria Garagouni (born 21 December 1975) was a Greek female volleyball player. She was part of the Greece women's national volleyball team.
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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