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Nationality | Greek |
Born | 1897 Athens, Greece |
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Sport | Water polo |
Nikolaos Baltatzis-Mavrokordatos (born 1897, date of death unknown) was a Greek water polo player. [1] He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics. [2] He was also a politician, and was elected to the Greek parliament as a member of the People's Party in 1936. [1]
The water polo tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 20 to 28 July 1996, in Atlanta, United States.
Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. Italy is the first and only country to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.
Jordi "Chiqui" Sans Juan is a former water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Four years earlier, when his home town of Barcelona hosted the Games, he was on the side that captured the silver medal.
Greece competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 39 competitors, 38 men and 1 woman, took part in 37 events in 9 sports. Greek athletes did not win any medals, but the gold medal was awarded to sculptor Konstantinos Dimitriadis for his work Discobole Finlandais. Art competitions were part of the Olympic program from 1912 to 1948. A copy of Dimitriadis's sculpture is situated opposite the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens.
Greece competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 41 competitors, 40 men and 1 woman, took part in 34 events in 7 sports. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
The men's tournament of water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics at London, Great Britain, began on 29 July and lasted until 12 August 2012. All games were held at the Water Polo Arena.
Christos Afroudakis is a Greek water polo player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Nikolaos "Nikos" Deligiannis is a Greek former water polo player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics with the Greece men's national water polo team. He was also part of the Greece national squad who won the Bronze Medal in the 2005 World Championship in Montreal and the Bronze Medal in the 2004 World League in Long Beach.
Kyriakos Giannopoulos is a Greek former water polo player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He won 8 Greek Championships.
Nikolaos Christoforidis is a Greek former water polo player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Nikolaos Melanofeidis is a Greek former swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke and the water polo tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
The following is the list of squads that took part in the men's water polo tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Nikolaos Tsangas is a Greek former water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He played for Ethnikos Piraeus in the 60's.
Nikolaos Kaloudis was a Greek water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Hungary men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Greece men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.