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University of Arizona.
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Maria Papadopoulou
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Career
She set a Cypriot record of 1:01.67 to earn a bronze medal in the 100 m butterfly at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis, Tunisia. Papadopoulou made her first Cypriot team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed in the women"s 100 m butterfly, held on the first day of preliminaries. She broke a 1:02 barrier to top the third heat with a time of 1:01.64, but finished only in thirty-second place.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Papadopoulou qualified again for the women"s 100 m butterfly by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:01.76.
She challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including five-time Olympian Mette Jacobsen of Denmark. She edged out Iceland"s Kolbrún Year Kristjánsdóttir to pick up a fourth spot by 0.32 of a second in 1:02.01.
Papadopoulou failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed twenty-ninth overall on the first day of preliminaries.
Membership
Papadopoulou is a former member of the swimming team for Arizona Wildcats, and a graduate of management information systems at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.
