Irlandos: New page: '''Nikos Kourtidis''' is a Greek weightlifter. Kourtidis was born on April 1, 1986, in the republic of Georgia then a part of the USSR. At a young age, he moved with hi...

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New page: '''Nikos Kourtidis''' is a Greek weightlifter. Kourtidis was born on April 1, 1986, in the republic of Georgia then a part of the USSR. At a young age, he moved with hi...

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'''Nikos Kourtidis''' is a [[Greeks|Greek]] weightlifter.

Kourtidis was born on [[April 1]], [[1986]], in the republic of Georgia then a part of the USSR. At a young age, he moved with his family to [[Kavala]], [[Macedonia]], [[Greece]]. He is an athlete of Herakles Kavala.

Kourtidis won several medals in youth competitions. His first gold medal in senior competition came in [[2005]] in the Mediterranean Games of Almeria, Spain in the 94kg category. He won bronze in the European Championships of Poland, after a delay of four months, when one of the original top three finishers was found to have been guilty of doping offenses.

In the Olympic Games of [[2008]], Kourtidis won 9th place. The following year ([[June 30]], [[2009]]) in the Mediterranean Games of Pescara, Italy, he won two gold medals but was found to have been guilty of doping offenses.

[[Category:Weightlifters|Kourtidis, Nikos]]
[[Category:1986 births|Kourtidis, Nikos]]

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Irlandos: New page: '''Nikos Kourtidis''' is a Greek weightlifter. Kourtidis was born on April 1, 1986, in the republic of Georgia then a part of the USSR. At a young age, he moved with hi...