Antonios Vlontakis

Antonis Vlontakis
Personal information
Born	(1975-10-10) 10 October 1975 (age 49) New Jersey, United States
Nationality	Greece
Position	Center forward
Senior clubs
Years	Team
–1997 1997–2002 2002–2008 2008–2009 2009–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013	NO Chania Olympiacos Ethnikos Piraeus Panionios Olympiacos NC Chios NO Chania
Medal record Men's Water polo Representing  Greece World Championships 2005 Montreal Team competition World League 2004 Long Beach Team competition

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]

See also

• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

References

1. 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.
2. Βλοντάκης: «Ένα απίστευτο ταξίδι”. (in Greek)
3. Όταν η Ευρώπη υποκλίθηκε στον Ολυμπιακό. onsports.gr, 25 May 2012 (in Greek)
4. 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)

External links

• Antonis Vlontakis at Olympics.com
• Antonis Vlontakis at Olympedia