Anastasios Bountouris

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Anastasios "Tasos" Bountouris (born 2 August 1955 in Piraeus, Greece) is a Greek sailor who competed at six Olympics between 1976 and 1996. [1] He is the first Greek to compete at six Olympic Games, an achievement so far matched only by shooter Agathi Kassoumi.

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He won a bronze medal in the 1980 Olympics in the Soling with Anastasios Gavrilis and Aristidis Rapanakis. [2]

His brother Antonios is also a sailor; they were part of the same Soling team at the 1988 Olympics. [3]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tasos Bountouris". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sailing at the 1980 Summer Games: Mixed Three Person Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Antonios Bountouris". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.