Konstantinos Genidounias

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Konstantinos "Psaraki" Genidounias
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Personal information
Born (1993-05-03) 3 May 1993 (age 31)
Athens, Greece
Nationality Greek
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Position Driver
Handedness Right
Club information
Current team Olympiacos
Number 4
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2010–2011
Palaio Faliro
2011–2015
USC
2015–present
Olympiacos
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Fukuoka Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Kazan Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Budapest Team
FINA World League
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Huizhou
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tbilisi
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Tarragona
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Mersin
Youth World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2009 Šibenik
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2011 Volos
Youth European Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2010 Stuttgart

Konstantinos Genidounias (born 3 May 1993) is a Greek water polo player. [1] He was part of the Greek team that won the bronze medal at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships. Genidounias is considered one of the top scorers in the world. His top personal distinction is when he became the top scorer of the Champions League 2018–19 season as he scored 42 goals while in the same year he emerged ninth top player in the world.

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He was a member of the team that competed for Greece at the 2016 Summer Olympics. They finished in 6th place. [2]

Graduated with a degree of communications from the University of Southern California where he attended from 2011 to 2014 and was a member of the Men's Water Polo Team winning three consecutive NCAA championships with the USC Trojans under head coach Jovan Vavic.

He plays for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos, with whom he won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League. [3] [4]

Honours

National team

Club

Olympiacos

Trojans

Awards

See also

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References

  1. Konstantinos Genidounias at FINA
  2. Konstantinos Genidounias Archived 4 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine at rtve.es
  3. Olympiacos is back to the Olympos after 16 years. LEN official website. 9 June 2018.
  4. Πρωταθλητής Ευρώπης ο Ολυμπιακός στο πόλο Archived 20 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine . Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. (in Greek)
  5. Λιακόπουλος, Παναγιώτης. "Ο Γεννηδουνιάς πρώτος σκόρερ του Champions League". Fosonline.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 3 March 2022.