Personal information | |
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Nickname | Kostas |
Nationality | Greece |
Born | Serres, Greece | 12 March 1981
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Weightlifting |
Event | 94 kg |
Konstantinos Gkaripis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γκαρίπης; born March 12, 1981, in Serres) is a Greek weightlifter.[1] Gkaripis represented Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's middle-heavyweight category (94 kg), along with his compatriot Anastasios Triantafyllou. He successfully lifted 160 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 200 kg in a two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk, for a total of 360 kg, finishing only in fourteenth place.[2]