On 21 May 2014, while at a local hospital for check-ups, he suffered an aortic aneurysm and underwent emergency open-heart surgery.[3] Despite initially showing signs of improvement, two days later he suffered complications including a brain hemorrhage from which he never recovered, and he died on the evening of 23 May at the age of 49.[4]
panagiotis, poikilidis, Παναγιώτης, Ποικιλίδης, february, 1965, 2014, greek, wrestler, from, thessaloniki, macedonia, greece, competed, three, olympic, games, 1984, 1992, 1996, super, heavyweight, division, finishing, fourth, 1984, eighth, 1992, fifth, 1996, p. Panagiotis Poikilidis Panagiwths Poikilidhs 27 February 1965 23 May 2014 was a Greek wrestler from Thessaloniki Macedonia Greece He competed at three Olympic Games 1984 1992 and 1996 in the Super heavyweight division finishing fourth in 1984 eighth in 1992 and fifth in 1996 1 Poikilidis won the gold medal in 1991 Mediterranean Games and the bronze in 1987 Mediterranean Games He took the fourth place in 1984 Olympic Games but he beat the gold medalist Jeff Blatnick at the first round 2 On 21 May 2014 while at a local hospital for check ups he suffered an aortic aneurysm and underwent emergency open heart surgery 3 Despite initially showing signs of improvement two days later he suffered complications including a brain hemorrhage from which he never recovered and he died on the evening of 23 May at the age of 49 4 Personal EditHis brother was the wrestler Georgios Poikilidis References Edit Olympic results enet gr at gazzetta gr Efyge o Panagiwths Poikilidhs Archived from the original on 2014 05 25 Retrieved 2014 05 25 External links EditGreek Olympic profile This biographical article relating to a Greek sport wrestler or wrestling coach is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Panagiotis Poikilidis amp oldid 1123966788, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
