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Christodoulos
KOLOMVOS |
Sport |
Water Polo |
NOC |
Greece
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Gender | Men |
Born | 26 Oct 1988
in Patras, GRE |
Height | 1.86 m |
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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) |
Olympic Games |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
2 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
Team |
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6 |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
Team |
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World Championship |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
7 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
Team |
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4 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
Team |
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3 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
Team |
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6 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
Team |
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European Championship |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
7 |
2020 |
Budapest, HUN |
Team |
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5 |
2018 |
Barcelona, ESP |
Team |
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4 |
2016 |
Belgrade, SRB |
Team |
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6 |
2014 |
Budapest, HUN |
Team |
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9 |
2010 |
Zagreb, CRO |
Team |
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