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Thomas Khatzis

Thomas Khatzis

Greek water polo player

Thomas "Themis" Khatzis (born 23 July 1972) is a Greek former water polo player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics (6th place) and the 2000 Summer Olympics (10th place) with the Greece men's national water polo team.[1]

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Khatzis started his career at Poseidon Ilision and in 1992 he moved to Olympiacos where he played for twelve consecutive seasons (1992–2004), winning 20 major titles (1 LEN Euroleague, 1 LEN Supercup, 9 Greek Championships, 7 Greek Cups and 2 Greek Supercups).[2]

Khatzis was a key player in Olympiacos' 2002 Quardruple (LEN Champions League, LEN Super Cup, Greek Championship, Greek Cup all in 2002), scoring 2 goals in the 2002 LEN Champions League final win (9–7) against Honvéd in Budapest.[3][4] He was the captain of Olympiacos in the 2002 LEN Super Cup win against Vasas (6–5) in Budapest.[5]

Honours

Club

Olympiacos

  • LEN Euroleague (1): 2001–02
  • LEN Super Cup (1): 2002
  • Greek Championship (9): 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
  • Greek Cup (7): 1992–93, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
  • Greek Super Cup (2): 1997, 1998

National team

References

  1. [1]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Thomas Khatzis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  2. [2]
    Athlitiki Icho "Αθλητική Ηχώ" newspaper archive, 3 September 2004, page 62: "Το αντίο ενός μεγάλου. Ο Θέμης Χατζής ανακοίνωσε την αποχώρησή του από την ενεργό δράση." (in Greek)
  3. [3]
    Έγραψε ιστορία ο Θρύλος (in Greek). sport.gr. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  4. [4]
    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
  5. [5]
    Athlitiki Icho "Αθλητική Ηχώ" newspaper archive, 31 December 2002, page 29: "Επέστρεψαν οι υπερπρωταθλητές. Με τον καλύτερο τρόπο έκλεισε λοιπόν το 2002 για τον Ολυμπιακό, κάτι που επισήμανε και ο αρχηγός της ομάδας Θέμης Χατζής." (in Greek)


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