Who is the Paralympic champion who was run over by a drunk driver in Paticion?

The traffic accident that occurred in the early hours of Sunday (21/07) caused public outrage when a 36-year-old drunk driver knocked down disabled champion Irini Kourouvani, who was in a wheelchair, and injured her.

The driver responsible for the hit-and-run accident was a 36-year-old man from Georgia who was found to be suffering from alcohol intoxication.

The 36-year-old man was found and arrested by the OPKE police station after the traffic accident on Eptanisou Street in Kypseli.

In the alcohol test, his blood alcohol content was 0.75 mg/L in the first measurement and 0.74 mg/L in the second measurement.

He was arrested by police from the Athens Traffic Division’s traffic accident unit on charges of dangerous driving, causing bodily harm, driving without a license and driving under the influence.

According to the information, the traffic accident caused Paralympic champion Irene Kuruvani to suffer minor injuries and she was taken to the Red Cross Hospital by ambulance.

Greek Police Announcement:

A 36-year-old car driver who hit a woman in a wheelchair and left the scene of the accident has been arrested

A 36-year-old foreign driver of IXE. Motor vehicle, dangerous driving, personal injury, driving with a suspended license and driving under the influence.

In particular, the driver, while driving on Patision Street, ran over a woman in a wheelchair (with a motor) who was in the right lane of traffic, causing her injuries, and fled the scene of the traffic accident.

After the OPKE police officers who were patrolling in the area learned that a traffic accident had occurred in which the driver had abandoned the vehicle, they conducted a continuous search in a wider area and, after a period of time, finally found the driver involved, controlled him and went to the Athens Traffic Branch Headquarters. The arrested person was taken to the Athens Criminal Prosecutor”.

Who is the great champion of life, Irini Kuruvani

Irini Kourouvani was born in the small village of Ilia. She was born with a rare condition called arthrogryposis, which required her to undergo multiple surgeries at the age of 8 – a rare condition that causes stiffness and thinning of the limbs, limiting their function.

She studied Political Science and Public Administration at the Athens Law School and in 1992 received the Athens Academy Prize for the way she faced life despite her disability.

She first started playing sports in college. From then on, sports became part of her daily life. He started lifting weights after sweeping all the medals and realizing that he could lift a lot of…weight, winning 15 gold medals, 8 silver medals, and 10 bronze medals in Panhellenic Para-athletics from 1988 to 2000.

In more detail, he participated in seven world championships in four different sports: a) Athletics (Athens 97) b) Dancesport (Netherlands 1998) c) Benchweight (Malaysia 2002, South Korea 2006, Malaysia 2010) d) Sailing (Netherlands 2016, Spain 2019). In 2015, he participated in the first global Underwater dance performance “Breathing Drops”He has danced at the Athens and Epidaurus Music Festivals and at the Kalamata Dance Festival. He participated in the training program for the Olympic Truce. She is currently an active sailor and works in the public sector.

Clip from Sunio’s underwater performance “Drops of Breath” in 2015