Georgios Kougioumtsidis (; born October 9, 2001) is a Greek freestyle wrestler and mixed martial artist.
He won the gold medal in the 79 kg event at the 2025 World Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia. Kougioumtsidis also won the gold medal in the 79 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. He represented Greece at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Kougioumtsidis is coached by his uncle, retired Greek wrestler Themis Iakovidis.
Career Wrestling In March 2021, Kougioumtsidis competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. In May 2021, he failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Kougioumtsidis competed in the 79kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway. He won his first two matches and he was then eliminated by eventual bronze medalist Nika Kentchadze of Georgia.
In March 2022, Kougioumtsidis won the gold medal in his event at the European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In that same month, he also won the gold medal in the 79kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. He competed in the 79kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
Kougioumtsidis lost his bronze medal match in the men's 79kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. He competed in the men's freestyle 74kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
He debuted for Real American Freestyle at RAF 09 on May 30, 2026, facing Parker Keckeisen. He lost by decision. This fight earned him a Match of the Night award.
Mixed martial arts
Kougioumtsidis made his mixed martial arts debut at Octagon Fighting 5 in Kilkis, Greece on October 24, 2020. He defeated Yoan Petrov in a Welterweight bout by unanimous decision.
Achievements
YearTournamentLocationResultEvent2022European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 1stFreestyle 79kg2023European ChampionshipsZagreb, Croatia 2ndFreestyle 79kg2025World ChampionshipsZagreb, Croatia 1stFreestyle 79kg
Mixed martial arts record
|Win |align=center|1–0 |Yoan Petrov |Decision (unanimous) |Octagon Fighting 5 | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Kilkis, Greece |
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