Irini Mouchou
Introduction Irini Mouchou in Tiszaújváros, 2009. '''Irini Mouchou''' (; also transliterated as Mouhou by the International Triathlon Union; born 7 January 1987 in Mytilene, Lesbos) is a Greek professional triathlete and Greek National Champion of the year 2009.From 2005 to 2009 Mouchou took part in 18 ITU events and achieved eight top-ten positions.In 2009, she won the gold medal in the ''Triathlon Balkan Championships'' in Varna and at the same time placed 6th in the European Cup ranking of the same competition.In 2008 Mouchou had placed 3rd in the Balkan Championships and 2nd in the Greek Championships and had taken part in several non-ITU triathlons such as the ''British Corus Elite Series'' in London (19th), and the ''Swiss Elite VW Circuit Triathlons'' in Geneva (8th) and in Uster (9th).On 18 August 2009 Mouchou announced her plans to join the Elite section of the French Club  TOC Cesson Sevigne, among whose non-French elite members there are sportswomen like Irina Abysova, in order to prepare for the 2012 Olympics.On 24 October 2009, however, Mouchou announced her temporary retreat from triathlon, giving precedence to her university studies.Mouchou’s Greek sports clubs are ATLAS in Mytilene (ΑΤΛΑΣ Β.ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΗΣ) and AIGALEO (Α.Γ.Σ. ΑΙΓΑΛΕΩ) in Athens.
ITU Competitions The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the Athlete's ''Profile Page.'' Unless indicated otherwise, the competitions are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and belong to the ''Elite'' category. Date    Competition  Place       Rank  2005-07-23    European Championships (Junior)  Alexandroupoli(s) 39  2006-05-07    European Cup  Alexandroupoli(s) DNS  2006-06-11   European Cup (Junior)  Erdek 1  2006-06-23   European Championships (Junior)  Autun DNS  2006-09-02   World Championships (Junior)  Lausanne 58  2006-09-09   Balkan Championships (Junior)  Dojran 1  2007-05-20   European Cup and Small States European Championships  Limassol 8  2007-06-10   European Cup  Kusadasi 10  2007-07-15   European Cup and Balkan Championships  Gallipoli DNF  2007-08-05   European Cup  Egirdir 11  2007-10-07   BG World Cup  Rhodes 53  2008-04-13   European Cup  Chania 10  2008-05-24   Duathlon European Championships (U23)  Serres 4  2008-06-28   9th World University Championship / Triathlon  Erdek 25  2008-09-06   European Championships (U23)  Pulpí 19  2008-09-20   European Cup and Balkan Championships   Belgrade 9  2009-06-20   European Championships (U23)  Tarzo Revine 29  2009-07-25   European Cup and Balkan Championships  Varna 6  2009-08-02   European Cup  Egirdir DNF  2009-08-09   World Cup  Tiszaújváros 42BG = the sponsor ''British Gas'' · DNS = ''did not start'' · DNF = ''did not finish''
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External links *  Mouchou’s Homepage in Greek*  Greek Triathlon Federation in Greek*  ITU Profile Page