Dimitris Kravaritis

Dimitris Kravaritis
Personal information
BornMarch 28, 1972 (1972-03-28) (age 52)
Greece
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing  Greece
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku Team (coach)
Updated on 27 August 2015

Dimitris Kravaritis (Greek: Δημήτρης Κραβαρίτης, born 28 March 1972[1]) is a retired Greek water polo player who played his entire career for Olympiacos. He is the current head coach of Greece Junior national water polo team, whom he led to the bronze medal at the 2015 European Games at Baku and the current assistant coach of Greece men's national water polo team as well.[2][3] He is also the head of Olympiacos Water Polo Academy.[4][5]

As a player, Kravaritis played his entire career for Olympiacos, where he won numerous titles including the 2002 LEN Champions League.[6] He was also a member of the Greece men's national water polo team. After his retirement, he became head of Olympiacos Academy. Besides his work at the Academy, he was assistant coach of Olympiacos under coaches Vangelis Pateros and Thodoris Vlachos.[7] In 2014 he became assistant coach of Greece men's national water polo team[8] and in 2015 head coach of the Greece Junior national water polo team,[9] whom he led to the bronze medal at the 2015 European Games at Baku.

  1. ^ Αθλητική Ηχώ archive, 30/10/1991, page 5
  2. ^ Δημήτρης Κραβαρίτης: Αυτό το μετάλλιο λέει πολλά, waterpolonews.gr (in Greek)
  3. ^ Εθνική Ελλάδας: Προπονητής: Θοδωρής Βλάχος, Συνεργάτης: Δημήτρης Κραβαρίτης, aboutsport.gr (in Greek)
  4. ^ Κραβαρίτης, υπεύθυνος της ακαδημίας πόλο του Ολυμπιακού Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, gavros.gr (in Greek)
  5. ^ Πρώτη για την Ακαδημία πόλο του Ολυμπιακού Archived 2015-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, redplanet.gr (in Greek)
  6. ^ Συνέντευξη Δημήτρη Κραβαρίτη και Σάκη Πλατανίτη για την κατάκτηση του Τσάμπιονς Λιγκ από τον Ολυμπιακό το 2002 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, gavros.gr (in Greek)
  7. ^ Δημήτρης Κραβαρίτης: Οταν κρέμασε το σκουφάκι, ο Λεωνίδας Θεοδωρακάκης του ανέθεσε το δύσκολο έργο της επαναλειτουργίας της Ακαδημίας Πόλο. Διετέλεσε βοηθός του Βαγγέλη Πάτερου και του Θοδωρή Βλάχου στον πάγκο της ανδρικής ομάδας Archived 2015-03-25 at the Wayback Machine, rednews.gr (in Greek)
  8. ^ Στην Eθνική ο Κραβαρίτης Archived 2016-08-14 at the Wayback Machine, sportgame.gr (in Greek)
  9. ^ Με Κραβαρίτη η Εθνική Εφήβων[permanent dead link], novasports.gr (in Greek)