Theodoros "Thodoris" Kalakonas (born 28 October 1974) is a Greek water polo player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics (6th place), and in the 2004 Summer Olympics (4th place) with the Greece men's national water polo team.[1] He was part of the national squad that won the silver medal at the 1997 World Cup in Athens[2] and the Bronze Medal in the 2004 World League in Long Beach.[3][4][5]
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| Born | 28 October 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At club level, Kalakonas played most notably for Piraeus club Ethnikos (1990–2001, 2006–2008) with whom he is the all-time scorer in Piraeus Derby games for his team and one of the best scorers in the history of Ethnikos and Piraeuspowerhouse Olympiacos (2001–2004), with whom he won 1 LEN Champions League, 1 LEN Super Cup, 3 Greek Championships and 3 Greek Cups. Kalakonas was a key player in Olympiacos' 2002 Quardruple (LEN Champions League, LEN Super Cup, Greek Championship, Greek Cup all in 2002), being the top scorer of Olympiacos with 3 goals in the 2002 LEN Champions League final win (9–7) against Honvéd in Budapest.[6][7]
He is the 10th all time scorer in Greek league history.[8]
Honours
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editEthnikos
- Greek Championship (1): 1994
- Greek Cup (2): 1991, 2000
Olympiacos
- LEN Euroleague (1): 2001–02
- LEN Super Cup (1): 2002
- Greek Championship (3): 2002, 2003, 2004
- Greek Cup (3): 2002, 2003, 2004
National team
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Silver Medal in 1997 World Cup, Athens
Bronze Medal in 2004 World League, Long Beach- 4th place in 2004 Olympic Games, Athens
- 6th place in 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta
- 4th place in 2003 World Championship, Barcelona[9]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Theodoros Kalakonas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ Πόλο, το εθνικό μας άθλημα. we24.gr. (in Greek).
- ^ Greece–USA 13–12 World League quarter-final
- ^ Πόλο, το εθνικό μας άθλημα. we24.gr. (in Greek).
- ^ Χάλκινη η Εθνική πόλο. ant1news.gr. 19 July 2004. (in Greek).
- ^ Έγραψε ιστορία ο Θρύλος (in Greek). sport.gr. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ 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
- ^ "36ο ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ Α1 ΕΘΝΙΚΗΣ ΑΝΔΡΩΝ Με τη". koe.org.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ Barcelona 2003 FINA World Championships – FINA WC Day 4 - Men's Water Polo Match 13 & 14 Greece roster. swimnews.com. 16 July 2003.