Panagiotis Poikilidis
Greek wrestler
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, eighth in 1992, and fifth in 1996.
Poikilidis won the gold medal in 1991 Mediterranean Games, and the bronze in 1987 Mediterranean Games.
He took the fourth place in 1984 Olympic Games, but he beat the gold medalist Jeff Blatnick at the first round.
On 21 May 2014, while at a local hospital for check-ups, he suffered an aortic aneurysm and underwent emergency open-heart surgery. 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.
Personal
His brother was the wrestler Georgios Poikilidis.
“Panagiotis Poikilidis” enters the record as greek wrestler. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Panagiotis, Poikilidis and Greek can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Panagiotis Poikilidis” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Panagiotis, Poikilidis and Greek provides the most credible route into that argument.
Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7129847. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1965, 2014, 1984 and 1992.
Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Panagiotis Poikilidis”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Panagiotis Poikilidis primary sources, Panagiotis Poikilidis archive and Panagiotis research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Panagiotis Poikilidis”?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Panagiotis Poikilidis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.