Antonios Vlontakis

Antonios "Antonis" Vlontakis (born 10 October 1975) is a retired Greek water polo player. A long-standing member of the Greece national water polo team, Vlontakis competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics (10th place), the 2004 Summer Olympics (4th place), and the 2008 Summer Olympics (7th place).^[1] He was part of the Greece men's national water polo team that won the Bronze Medal in the 2005 World Championship in Montreal and the Bronze Medal in the 2004 World League in Long Beach.

Vlontakis started his career at NO Chania and in 1997 he moved to Olympiacos where he had a successful career (1997–2002, 2009–2011), winning 1 LEN Champions League (2002), 5 Greek Championships (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010), 4 Greek Cups (1998, 2001, 2002, 2010) and 2 Greek Supercups (1997, 1998).^[2] He was a key player of the Olympiacos team that won the 2002 Triple Crown (LEN Champions League, Greek Championship, Greek Cup).^[3]

Honours

Club

Ethnikos

Greek Championship (1): 2006
Greek Cup (1): 2005

Olympiacos

LEN Champions League (1): 2001–02
Greek Championship (5): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010
Greek Cup (4): 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010
Greek Super Cup (2): 1997, 1998

National team

Bronze Medal in 2005 World Championship, Montreal
Bronze Medal in 2004 World League, Long Beach
4th place in 2004 Olympic Games, Athens
4th place in 2003 World Championship, Barcelona^[4]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Antonios Vlontakis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
^ Βλοντάκης: «Ένα απίστευτο ταξίδι”. (in Greek)
^ Όταν η Ευρώπη υποκλίθηκε στον Ολυμπιακό. onsports.gr, 25 May 2012 (in Greek)
^ Barcelona 2003 FINA World Championships – FINA WC Day 4 - Men's Water Polo Match 13 & 14 Greece roster. swimnews.com. 16 July 2003.

interview at pisina.net (in Greek)

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