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
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Montreal Team competition
World League
Bronze medal – third place 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]

  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)