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Born | Athens, Greece | 13 September 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 2 August 2018 |
Marios Kapotsis (born 13 September 1991) is a Greek water polo player. He is part of Greece men's national water polo team that competes at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest. [1]
At club level, Kapotsis currently plays for NC Vouliagmeni. [2] From 2012 to 2014 he played for Olympiacos, with whom he won 2 Greek Championships and 2 Greek Cups. [3] [4]
In August 2021, he won the silver medal with Greece in the water polo tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [5]
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