The international community of gymnastics
mourn the loss of former rhythmic gymnastics champion Anna Pollatou (photo
GRE), who was killed in a car crash on the Patras - Pyrgos highway in the
afternoon of Saturday, May 17th. She was 30 years old.
Anna Pollatou was born on October 8th 1983 in Kefalonia and
started her career at the AGS Eptanison gymnastics club. She stood out for her
talent and got to become a member of the most successful group in the history
of Greek rhythmic gymnastics. As a part of the group which aptly got the
nickname ‘the golden girls’ by the Greek media, Pollatou won two gold and one
silver medal at the 1999 World Championships in Osaka, as well as three gold
medals at the 1999 European Championships in Budapest. One year later, she
added to her tally the precious bronze medal at the Sydney Olympic Games, thus
concluding a great career.
Pollatou officially retired in 2001, with just 17 years of
age, but never got too far from the sport she adored. She constantly served as
an ambassador for the annual Gymnastics for All International Festival of her
island, Kefalonia, and during the last years she worked as a coach at Megara,
trying to provide the Greek gymnastics with a young generation of champions.
The Malaysiagym blog and Arbakgym Malaysia express sympathies and
deep condolences to the Family, Friends and to the Hellenic Gymnastics
Federation.
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