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Christodoulos KOLOMVOS
Sport Water Polo
NOC Greece   
GenderMen
Born26 Oct 1988 in Patras, GRE
Height1.86 m
 Human Interest 
Sport Specific Information
Club / Team
Olympiacos Piraeus: Greece
Why this sport?
"When I was four years old my mother took my brother and I swimming. I loved it immediately and continued. I had to race and that made me love aquatics. I stopped swimming for a while and got involved with volleyball for three months but then a water polo coach who had seen me swim, asked my swimming coach if I could play water polo, so I began."
General Interest
Hero / Idol
Greek water polo player Dimitrios Bitsakos, Serbian water polo player Igor Milanovic. (waterpolonews.gr, 01 Nov 2017; pisina.net, 18 May 2015)
Sport Specific Information
Name of coach
Thodoris Vlachos [club, national], GRE
Preferred position / style / stance / technique
Centre forward
Handedness
Right
Further Personal Information
Occupation
Athlete
Languages
English, Greek
General Interest
Other sports
He has competed in swimming for the NO Patras club in Greece, winning national championship medals in butterfly and individual medley. (thetoc.gr, 05 Aug 2015)
Further Personal Information
Residence
Athens, GRE
Higher education
Business Administration, Business Management - University of Piraeus: Greece
General Interest
Memorable sporting achievement
Winning silver at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sportin.gr, 13 Nov 2021)
Most influential person in career
His parents. (sportin.gr, 13 Nov 2021)
Milestones
He was part of the team that won Greece's first Olympic men's water polo medal when they claimed silver at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. (SportsDeskOnline, 31 Dec 2021; total-waterpolo.com, 06 Aug 2021)
Other information
FUTURE PLANS
His father and brother run a construction company in Greece. He has considered joining the industry when he retires from water polo and previously studied civil engineering at the University of Patras in Greece, before transferring to the University of Piraeus to study business administration and management. "My father and brother have a construction company and it is possible that I might enter the field. This is my post-water polo back-up plan." (sportin.gr, 13 Nov 2021; okmag.gr, 04 Aug 2021)

 Competition Highlights
Olympic Games
Rank Year Venue Event Result
2 2021 Tokyo, JPN Team  
6 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA Team  
World Championship
Rank Year Venue Event Result
7 2019 Gwangju, KOR Team  
4 2017 Budapest, HUN Team  
3 2015 Kazan, RUS Team  
6 2013 Barcelona, ESP Team  
European Championship
Rank Year Venue Event Result
7 2020 Budapest, HUN Team  
5 2018 Barcelona, ESP Team  
4 2016 Belgrade, SRB Team  
6 2014 Budapest, HUN Team  
9 2010 Zagreb, CRO Team