Stavroula Samara

Stavroula Samara (born 8 July 1994 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek rhythmic gymnast and leader of the 2012 and 2016 Olympic team in rhythmic gymnastics. She represented her nation at international competitions including two Olympic Games, five World Championships, four European Championships and fifteen World Cups from 2009 - 2016.

Athletic career
Stavroula competed at the 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships. In 2015, she participated at the 2015 European Games in Baku.

She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

In 2013, she continued her competitive career to the road to 2016 Rio Olympics and started the Olympic cycle by competing at the 2013 World Cup in Saint Petersburg where her team competed at the finals.

Stavroula has been awarded by the President of the Hellenic Republic Mr Prokopis Pavlopoulos at the Presidential Mansion and the Greek Parliament following the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. She has been also awarded by the International Olympic Committee, the Hellenic Club of Olympic Winners the UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and president of her Foundation “ORAMA ELPIDA”, Marianna Vardinogianni, the Hellenic Olympic Committee, UNICEF Greece etc.

Volunteering
Samara has volunteered with the Hellenic Olympic Committee, the Foundation “ORAMA ELPIDA”, and the Elpida Youth Summer Camp. She is also a mentor at the non-profit organisation 100 MENTORS.



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