Thomas Khatzis

Themis Chatzis
Personal information
Born	(1972-07-23) 23 July 1972 (age 53) Greece
Nationality	Greece
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1992–2004	Olympiacos
Medal record Men's Water polo Representing   Greece

Thomas "Themis" Khatzis (born 23 July 1972) is a Greek former water polo player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics (6th place) and the 2000 Summer Olympics (10th place) with the Greece men's national water polo team. ^[1]

Khatzis started his career at Poseidon Ilision and in 1992 he moved to Olympiacos where he played for twelve consecutive seasons (1992–2004), winning 20 major titles (1 LEN Euroleague, 1 LEN Supercup, 9 Greek Championships, 7 Greek Cups and 2 Greek Supercups). ^[2]

Khatzis was a key player in Olympiacos' 2002 Quardruple (LEN Champions League, LEN Super Cup, Greek Championship, Greek Cup all in 2002), scoring 2 goals in the 2002 LEN Champions League final win (9–7) against Honvéd in Budapest. ^{[3] [4]} He was the captain of Olympiacos in the 2002 LEN Super Cup win against Vasas (6–5) in Budapest. ^[5]

Honours

Club

Olympiacos

• LEN Euroleague (1): 2001–02
• LEN Super Cup (1): 2002
• Greek Championship (9): 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
• Greek Cup (7): 1992–93, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
• Greek Super Cup (2): 1997, 1998

National team

• 6th place in 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Thomas Khatzis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
2. Athlitiki Icho "Αθλητική Ηχώ" newspaper archive, 3 September 2004, page 62: "Το αντίο ενός μεγάλου. Ο Θέμης Χατζής ανακοίνωσε την αποχώρησή του από την ενεργό δράση." (in Greek)
3. Έγραψε ιστορία ο Θρύλος (in Greek). sport.gr. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
4. Εγραψε ιστορία! Ο λόγος για τον Ολυμπιακό που έγραψε τη δική του χρυσή ιστορία στο πόλο αφού κέρδισε 6–5 την ουγγρική Βάσας μέσα στο σπίτι της και είναι η μοναδική ομάδα στην ιστορία του αθλήματος που κατάφερε να κατακτήσει και τα τέσσερα τρόπαια που διεκδίκησε (in Greek), rizospastis.gr, 31/12/2002
5. Athlitiki Icho "Αθλητική Ηχώ" newspaper archive, 31 December 2002, page 29: "Επέστρεψαν οι υπερπρωταθλητές. Με τον καλύτερο τρόπο έκλεισε λοιπόν το 2002 για τον Ολυμπιακό, κάτι που επισήμανε και ο αρχηγός της ομάδας Θέμης Χατζής." (in Greek)