Ioannis Thomakos

Giannis Thomakos
Personal information
Born	(1977-03-14) 14 March 1977 (age 47) Athens, Greece
Nationality	Greece
Position	Wing
Handedness	Right
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1996–1997	Panionios
1997–2006	Olympiacos
2006–2011	Panionios
2011–2012	NO Argostoliou
2012–2015	Panionios
2015–2016	PAOK
Medal record Men's Water polo Representing  Greece FINA World Cup 1997 Athens Team World League 2004 Long Beach Team

Ioannis Thomakos (born 14 March 1977) is a Greek water polo player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics (10th place), the 2004 Summer Olympics (4th place) and the 2008 Summer Olympics (7th 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]

Thomakos started his career at Panionios and in 1997 he moved to Olympiacos where he played for nine consecutive seasons (1997–2006), winning 17 major titles (1 LEN Champions League, 1 LEN Super Cup, 7 Greek Championships, 6 Greek Cups and 2 Greek Super Cups).

Thomakos was a key player in Olympiacos' 2002 Quardruple (LEN Champions League, LEN Super Cup, Greek Championship, Greek Cup all in 2002), scoring a spectacular long-distance goal in the 2002 LEN Champions League final win (9–7) against Honvéd in Budapest.^[4][5][6][7]

Honours

Club

Olympiacos

• LEN Champions League: 2001–02; runners-up: 2000–01
• LEN Super Cup: 2002
• LEN Euro Cup runners-up: 1997–98, 1998–99
• Greek Championship: 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05
• Greek Cup: 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06
• Greek Super Cup: 1997, 1998

Panionios

• LEN Euro Cup runners-up: 2008–09

National team

• Silver Medal in 1997 World Cup, Athens
• Bronze Medal in 2004 World League, Long Beach
• 4th place in 2004 Olympic Games, Athens
• 4th place in 2003 World Championship, Barcelona^[8]

Awards

• Greek Championship Top scorer: 2007–2008 with Panionios

See also

• Greece men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ioannis Thomakos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
2. Πόλο, το εθνικό μας άθλημα. we24.gr. (in Greek).
3. Χάλκινη η Εθνική πόλο. ant1news.gr. 19 July 2004. (in Greek).
4. Olympiacos–Honved 9–7 2002 LEN Champions League final full game – Thomakos goal (26:05). youtube.com
5. Έγραψε ιστορία ο Θρύλος (in Greek). sport.gr. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
6. 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
7. Athlitiki Icho "Αθλητική Ηχώ" newspaper archive, 31 December 2002, page 29: "Επέστρεψαν οι υπερπρωταθλητές. Ο Γιάννης Θωμάκος τόνισε: Ο Ολυμπιακός είναι ένας και μοναδικός. Θέλαμε να δείξουμε ότι είμαστε δίκαια οι πρωταθλητές της Ευρώπης" (in Greek)
8. Barcelona 2003 FINA World Championships – FINA WC Day 4 - Men's Water Polo Match 13 & 14 Greece roster. swimnews.com. 16 July 2003.

External links

• Yannis Thomakos at Olympedia