Panagiotis Poikilidis

Panagiotis Poikilidis (Παναγιώτης Ποικιλίδης, 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 and fifth in 1996.[1]

In 2007 Poikilidis joined the board at PAOK FC, where he remained until his death.

On 21 May 2014, while at a local hospital for check-ups, he suffered an aortic aneurysm and underwent emergency open-heart surgery.[2] 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.[3]

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  1. ↑ Olympic results
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