Georgios Kougioumtsidis

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 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.