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Greek Judo mourns Eleni Ioannou’s death

Greek Judo mourns Eleni Ioannou’s death

25 Aug 2004 13:40
David Finch / Judophotos.com

The Greek Judo community is in mourning today following the death of promising +78kg class judoka Eleni Ioannou. Originally selected to compete in the Olympic Judo competition, Ioannou, 20, passed away earlier this morning at the Erythros Stavros clinic 18 days after falling from her third floor apartment in Nea Ionia.

According to the medical reports, Ioannou died from multiple infections.

Ioannou had undergone surgery for multiple fractures following the incident on Saturday, 7 August.

Her replacement in the Greek Judo team was Eleni Patsiou.