Spyros Gianniotis

Spyridon "Spyros" Gianniotis
Personal information
Surname:	Spyros Gianniotis
Nation:	Greece
Swimming style (s) :	Freestyle
Society:	Olympiakos SFP
Birthday:	19th February 1980
Place of birth:	Liverpool
Size:	1.85 m
Weight:	72 kg
Medal table

Spyridon "Spyros" Gianniotis ( Greek Σπυρίδων "Σπύρος" Γιαννιώτης , born February 19, 1980 in Liverpool ) is a Greek swimmer. He won the world championship title in 10-kilometer open water swimming at the 2011 World Swimming Championships in Shanghai, as he did two years later in Barcelona .

Born in Liverpool to an English mother, Gianniotis had the first swimming club in his youth, the Kerkyra Nautical Club in Corfu Town . He is now active at Olympiacos Piraeus .

Olympic participation

After qualifying for the 2000 Olympic Games , he reached 20th place in Sydney over 400 meters freestyle and 21st place over 1500 m freestyle. The Greek 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay was 15th with him.

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he reached the finals in the same individual disciplines and was seventh over 400 meters (3: 48.77) and fifth over 1500 meters (15: 03.69).

In Beijing , at the Olympic Games in 2008 , he was only able to finish 24th and 12th over the same distances. Over 10 kilometers in open water, he was 16th (1: 52: 20.4 hours) in the front of the field.

Spyros Gianniotis had the honor of being the first torchbearer for the London 2012 Olympics.

World and European championships

At the 2001 World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka he was seventh in the 400 m freestyle in 3: 52.09 minutes (the winner here was the Australian Ian Thorpe in the world record time of 3: 40.17). At the European Swimming Championships in Berlin in 2002 , he was the final swimmer of the Greek relay team, which won the bronze medal behind Italy and Germany in 7: 20.67.

At the 2007 Swimming World Championships in Melbourne , he won his first individual medal with bronze over 5 kilometers. A year later at the Open Water European Championships in Dubrovnik , he won his first title over 5 kilometers. At the 2009 World Swimming Championships in Rome , he won the silver medal over the same route. At the European Swimming Championships in Budapest in 2010 , the title in the team competition over 5 kilometers and a bronze medal over 5 kilometers in individual were added.

By far the greatest success of his swimming career he achieved on July 20, 2011 at the World Swimming Championships 2011 in the East China Sea off Shanghai , when he became world champion in 1 hour, 54 minutes, 24.7 seconds. Defeated in the places were the defending champion Thomas Lurz (1: 54: 27.2) and the Russian Sergei Bolshakow . Two days later Gianniotis was able to win his second medal in Shanghai: Over 5 km he had to admit defeat only Lurz (56: 16.6) in 56: 17.4 and came in ahead of the Russian Evgeny Dratzew .

Web links

• Spyros Gianniotis in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
• Spyros Gianniotis in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Swimmer Spyros Gianniotis was the first torchbearer for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, his colleagues in Great Britain want to capitalize on the privilege - photo. In: Focus Online . May 21, 2012, accessed October 14, 2018 . 
2. ^ "Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece, a three time Olympian, wins men's 10 km" ( Memento from August 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Fina report on the race
3. ↑ Gold-Garant Lurz wins again - fast food as a reward ( Memento from July 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive )