Nickname(s) Kostas Name Konstantinos Gkaripis Nationality Greece Height 1.72 m | Sport Weightlifting Weight 94 kg Event(s) 94 kg | |
Born 12 March 1981 (age 43) ( 1981-03-12 ) Serres, Greece | ||
Konstantinos Gkaripis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γκαρίπης; born March 12, 1981 in Serres) is a Greek weightlifter. 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.
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