Alexandros Gounas

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Alexandros Gounas
Alexandros Gounas 2015.jpg
Gounas at the 2015 World Championships
Personal information
Full name Alexandros Evgenios Gounas
Born (1989-10-03) 3 October 1989 (age 33)
Greece
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Position Wing / Driver
Handedness Right
Club information
Current team Appolon Smyrnis
Number 10
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1999–2004
Vouliagmeni
2004–2008
Glyfada
2008–2013
Vouliagmeni
2013–2016
Olympiacos
2016–2017
Savona
2017–2020
Olympiacos
2020–2022
Appolon Smyrnis
2022–
Panionios
Medal record
Representing Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Kazan Team
FINA World League
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Huizhou Team
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Tarragona Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Mersin Team
Last updated: 2 August 2018

Alexandros Evgenios Gounas (born 3 October 1989) is a Greek water polo player. [2] [3] He is member of the Greece men's national water polo team since 2008 and won a bronze medal at the 16th FINA World Championships and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He plays for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos, with whom he won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League in Genoa. [4] [5] Moreover, in his collection are 6 Greek Championships and 6 Greek Cups in which he was voted Most Valuable Player four times, with them being the 2011–2012 NC Vouliagmeni, 2013–2014 Olympiacos, 2017–2018 Olympiacos, and 2018–2019 Olympiacos.

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Vouliagmeni
Olympiacos

National team

Awards

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References

  1. Alexandres Gounas Archived 26 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine . rio2016.com
  2. "Alexandros Gounas - fina.org". www.fina.org. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  3. "2014 Vizilabda Európa-bajnokság". www.microplustiming.com. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  4. "Water Polo - Olympiacos underlines next season ambitions with new signings - Waterpology". www.waterpology.com. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  5. Alexandres Gounas Archived 6 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine . nbcolympics.com