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| Full name | Apostolos Tsagkarakis | |||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Greece | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 February 1982 Athens, Greece | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 97 kg (214 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Alabama (U.S.) | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Don Gambril (U.S.) | |||||||||||||||||
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Apostolos Tsagkarakis (Greek: Απόστολος Τσαγκαράκης; born February 19, 1982) is a Greek former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Regarding as one of Greece's most popular swimmers in a global standard, Tsagkarakis is a 13-time swimming champion, 12-time All-American honoree, and a 20-time national record holder in both freestyle and butterfly (50 and 100 m). He is also one of two Greek swimmers, alongside Spyridon Bitsakis, who trained for the Alabama Crimson Tide, under head coach Don Gambril, at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.[2][3]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Apostolos Tsagkarakis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ^ Garcia, Gabriel (4 November 2005). "International competition awaits swimmers at 'Bama". The Daily Beacon. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ Robb, Sharon (10 December 2003). "Swim To Athens". Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2013.