Eleni Potari

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameEleni•Potari
Used nameEleni•Potari
Original nameΕλένη•Πόταρη
Born25 August 1982 in Athina (Athens), Attiki (GRE)
DiedOctober 2023
Measurements171 cm / 64 kg
AffiliationsAris Nikaias, Nikaia (GRE)
NOC Greece

Biography

Greek handballer Eleni Potari started her career playing for Aris Nikias as a left winger. During her domestic career Potari also played for Ormi Patras , OFN Ionia , Anagennisi Byron, and GAS Kamaterou. In the early 2000s she competed for the Greek national team, playing at the Mediterranean Games in 2001 and 2005, and the 2004 Balkan Games where she won a bronze medal. Potari was part of the Greek squad that competed in the handball tournament at the 2004 Athína Olympics, playing in all five matches and scoring 12 goals, with Greece finishing in tenth place. Potari had been suffering with health problems before she died in October 2023 from cancer. She was 41-years-old.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
2004 Summer Olympics Handball GRE Eleni Potari
Handball, Women (Olympic) Greece 10