Voula Patoulidou: Touching Post About Dimitris Zarzavatsidis

Voula Patoulidou posted a touching tribute to her husband, Dimitris Zarzavatsidis, who passed away at the age of 69 after battling cancer. In her post, the Olympic champion referred to the support Zarzavatsidis, an Olympic weightlifting champion, provided her in winning the gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games.

Patoulidou wrote that Zarzavatsidis was her 'gold, before the gold,' emphasizing the importance of his contribution to her success. The post came a week after his death.

In her Instagram post, Patoulidou described how August 6th, the day of her victory in Barcelona, changed her life, but Zarzavatsidis had already changed her life before that. She described him as a 'flame' and a reason to continue.