Varvara Gkiouzepa Petropoulou

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
1st Daily General Senior High School Sykeon of Thessaloniki
Hometown:
Thessaloniki, Greece

2025-26:

Season Best: 50 Freestyle: 25.05
Season Best: 200 Freestyle: 1:52.44
Season Best: 500 Freestyle: 4:49.15
Season Best: 1000 Freestyle: 10:05.81
Season Best: 1650 Freestyle: 16:56.98
Season Best: 5000 Freestyle: 59:39.50
Season Best: 50 Butterfly: 26.04
Season Best: 100 Butterfly: 57.27
Season Best: 200 Butterfly: 1:58.61
Season Best: 200 Individual Medley: 2:09.90
Season Best: 400 Individual Medley: 4:20.23

A College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District selection… Earned All-Conference honors in the 200 butterfly (2nd overall) … A CSCAA 2nd Team Scholar All-American…Finished second in the 200 butterfly with a 2:03.85 time (10/10) ... Finished second in the 400 freestyle with Eliza Lennox, Olcaytu Hatipoglu, and Rafaela Sumida with a 3:26.74 time (10/11) ... Placed first in the 1000 freestyle with a 10:22.53 time (10/25) ... Took first in the 200 butterfly with a 2:02.70 time (11/7) ... Finished third in the 1650 freestyle with a 17:05.95 time (12/18) ... Came in first during the 200 butterfly with a 2:02.37 time (1/16) ... Placed first in the 400 medley relay with Nicole Fant, Paula Gaya Bisquerra, and Andrea Zeebe with a time of 3:57.79 (1/17) ... Finished first during the 1650 freestyle with a 17:01.10 time (1/24) ... Took fifth in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:49.15 (2/18) ... Came in second during the 200 butterfly with a 1:58.61 time (2/21)...Qualified for the National Invitational Championships (NIC)…Placed fifth in the 400 freestyle relay at NIC with a time of 3:21.88 with Lise Coetzee, Phoebe Johnson, and Eliza Lennox (3/14) ...

2024-25:

Season Best: 500 Freestyle: 4:56.42
Season Best: 1000 Freestyle: 10:10.98
Season Best: 50 Butterfly: 25.75
Season Best: 100 Butterfly: 55.48
Season Best: 200 Butterfly: 1:58.58
Season Best: 200 Individual Medley: 2:05.31
Season Best: 400 Individual Medley: 4:23.04

A National Invitational Championship qualifier in the 400 IM and the 200 Fly …Won the 100 fly against West Florida – 57.34 (2/1) … Won the 200 fly at the Magnus Cup – 1:58.58 (11/23) … Won the 200 fly against Liberty – 2:01.49 (10/18) … Won the 200 fly against Little Rock – 2:03.21 (11/19) … Won the 1000 free against West Florida – 10:15.55 (2/1) … Finished third in the 100 fly against Vanderbilt – 52.40 (9/27) … Finished as the runner-up in the 100 fly against Liberty – 56.95 (10/19) … Placed second in the 200 fly against Rice – 2:02.96 (11/1) … Took second in the 200 IM against Little Rock – 2:09.45 (1/25) … Had the program’s eighth-best 1000 free time (10:10.98) at the AAC Championships … Had the school’s second-best all-time mark in the 200 fly (1:58.58) at the Magnus Invitational (11/23) ...

Prior to Tulane: Petropoulou was ranked 27th nationally in the 2023-2024 season and has podiumed in her national age group championships each year since 2019 with two golds last year at 200 fly and 1500 free and a silver in the 100 fly. She is also member of the junior national swimming team of Greece and participated in the European Junior Swimming Championships 2023. She earned a bronze in 200 fly in the national swimming championships 2023 and the Multination Junior Swimming meet 2024.

Top Times
50 Fly - 28.80 (LM)
100 Fly - 1:02.22 (LM)
200 Fly: 2:16.30 (LM)
200 IM: 2:23.04 (LM)
400 IM: 5:00.04(LM)
1500 Free: 17:50.99(LM)