| Giannis Thomakos | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
14 March 1977 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
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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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Πόλο, το εθνικό μας άθλημα. we24.gr. (in Greek).
- ^ Χάλκινη η Εθνική πόλο. ant1news.gr. 19 July 2004. (in Greek).
- ^ Olympiacos–Honved 9–7 2002 LEN Champions League final full game – Thomakos goal (26:05). youtube.com
- ^ 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
- ^ 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)