Theodoros Lorantos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 5 July 1971 53) Athens, Greece | (age||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Greek, French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991-1999 | NC Vouliagmeni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999-2003 | Panathinaikos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Ethnikos Piraeus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002-2005 | NC Vouliagmeni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005-2006 | NO Chania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2006-2008 | ANO Glyfada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008-2010 | NC Vouliagmeni (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010-2015 | NC Vouliagmeni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015-2016 | Panathinaikos Water Polo Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018-2020 | AO Palaiou Falirou | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-2020 | (Junior Men) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 - 2021 | Greece women's national ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Theodoros Lorantos (born 5 July 1971) is a Greek water polo coach and former player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics, having scored 12 goals in 19 appearances. [1] He last coached Greece women's national water polo team. He now is the head coach of France’s national water polo team.
Lorantos started playing water polo at the age of 16 at NC Vouliagmeni club. In 1997, he won the LEN Cup Winners' Cup with NC Vouliagmeni.
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