Dimitra Kouta belongs to the Olympiada of Naples and together with the team has high goals for her future in volleyball, however, it is clear that she has acquired her own professional identity, in addition to sports.
The player who adorns our stadiums, He was also a leading member of THOI Avgoros, from which he left for the refugee association of Olympiada. The ambitious athlete spoke exclusively to Balla and Kyriakos Apostolou about everyone and everything…
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- Good evening Dimitra. I would like you to describe to us in a few words… you:
"Good evening! First of all, let me start with the fact that I have finished my studies in the field of Sports Science for three years, while during these years I have worked in a swimming pool for small children but also in gyms. For the last year and a half, I have been working in a space where we do crossfit-functional and personal training, in parallel with my sport, of course, after the new season begins ".
- How were the 12 years at THOI? What is left of your team?
"I will need enough time to record these wonderful 12 years in this team. First of all, let me mention that the Avori THOI for me was and is first a family and then everything else. The team that has grown me has taught me several things that I have kept and "built" on them. The fact is that the love that the players and the management have for the team, still keeps alive this wonderful edifice ".
- Is your transfer to the Olympics a leap for your career?
"To be honest, my career in volleyball due to professional obligations may be short, I can not say for sure how long it will last because I do not know. The only thing I am sure of is that every year I will try and give my best to whatever team I play for, so that we can achieve our goals. "There are people who trusted me to make this transfer and I want to make them white-faced."
- What are your goals this year?
"My goals, apart from succeeding professionally and going up as much as I can every year, in volleyball this year I would say that we want to get strong in claiming the championship. "Last season we all" fought "to lay important foundations which we managed, however, now it is time for the" step "above that we deserve".
- Your personal ambitions through your presence at the Olympics?
"I stressed to you above that I want to justify those who trusted me, so my own ambitions for this year are specific. I can say that I am quite strict with myself and I want a prize at the end of the year, if that comes, then I will note that I succeeded with the Olympics, but also on a personal level ".
- What does volleyball mean to you?
"I can not cover the question in five lines, there are various ways and reasons to develop the issue. For me, apart from being a sport, it is a way of life. This is a classic attack, but its meaning means much more to me. I feel that through the sport I have experienced all the emotions and I do not change them with anything. I want to emphasize that I will leave volleyball, only when my body does not follow my will, this moment has not arrived ".
- Do you care about the capital of the National team?
"In the past, I was more concerned with the national issue. The last period of my life due to excessive time at work and some other obligations, I do not think much about it, however, I do not stop having it in the back of my mind. At the given time, my mind is on the Olympics and its… I want it ".
- Do you like other sports and if so, which one do you watch?
"In previous years, the only sport I watched intensely was football. "Over time, however, this tension has passed, but I like to be constantly informed about what is happening in sports."
- Your hobbies, apart from your sport?
"I would say crossfit is my favorite hobby, except for volleyball, which I love. I have been dealing with crossfit for the last few years and it has changed me externally and internally ".
- Which player do you admire in volleyball more than any other?
"Fernanda Garay is definitely a player I admire immensely."
Source: Balla