Thomas Bimis

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Thomas Bimis
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Born11 June 1975 (1975-06-11) (age 49)
Athens, Greece
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Medal record
Men's diving
Representing Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Athens 3 m springboard synchronized

Thomas Bimis (born 11 June 1975) is a Greek diver. He was born in Athens. [1]

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Career

Bimis competed in the synchronised 3 metre springboard competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he won the gold medal together with Nikolaos Siranidis. This was Greece's first-ever gold medal in diving and the hosts' first gold of the 2004 Athens Olympics, and the diver pair therefore became very popular in Greece.

Bimis also competed in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, where he placed 32nd in the 3 Metre Springboard competition.

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Thomas Bimis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 19 May 2010.