Foteini Tricha

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Foteini Tricha
Personal information
Native name
Φωτεινή Τριχά
National teamGreece[1]
Born (2005-04-26) April 26, 2005 (age 21)
Athens
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Sport
PositionWing
ClubOlympiacos SFP
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2025 Singapore Team

Foteini Tricha (Greek: Φωτεινή Τριχά; born 26 April 2005 in Athens) is a Greek water polo player[2] who plays as a wing for Olympiacos SFP and the Greece women's national team.[3]

Career

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Tricha started playing water polo at age six in Marousi and later joined Nireas Chalandriou, where she won multiple youth championships.[4] In 2020, she signed with Olympiacos and became part of their senior team in the Greek A1 Women's League.[5] In 2023, she renewed her contract for four more years.[6]

Internationally, Tricha was part of the Greece U17 team that won bronze at the 2019 European Championships and silver at the 2022 FINA Junior World Championships, where she was named MVP.[7]

She made her senior debut in 2023, and played well at the 2025 World Aquatic Championships in Singapore, being the first scorer of the whole tournament, and led the Greek national team to the gold medal.

References

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  4. ^ https://www.sport24.gr/polo/
  5. ^ https://www.olympiacossfp.gr/
  6. ^ https://www.fina.org/
  7. ^ https://www.swimswam.com/