Gerasimos Voltirakis
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Gerasimos "Makis" Voltirakis (born 14 May 1968) is a Greek retired water polo player and current water polo coach. Voltirakis was a member of Greece men's national water polo team from 1991 to 1997, with whom he competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1] He was part of the Greek national team that won the silver medal at the 1997 World Cup in Athens, being voted the tournament's best goalkeeper.[2]
Voltirakis played for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos, with whom he won the 2001–02 LEN Champions League in Budapest, being the captain of the team. He was also runner-up of the 2000–01 LEN Champions League in Dubrovnik with Olympiacos.[3][4]
Voltirakis was captain of the Olympiacos squad that won the 2002 Triple Crown (LEN Champions League, Greek Championship, Greek Cup).[5][6] He also won 7 Greek Championships, 5 Greek Cups and 2 Greek Super Cups with Olympiacos.
Honours
Club
Olympiacos
- LEN Euroleague (1): 2001–02
- Greek Championship (7): 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
- Greek Cup (5): 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002
- Greek Super Cup (2): 1997, 1998
National team
- 6th place in 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta
Individual
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Gerasimos Voltyrakis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ↑ Men's Water Polo World Cup 1997 Athens, Greece: MVP: Chris Humbert (USA), Best Goalkeeper: Makis Voltirakis (GRE)
- ↑ Σαν Σήμερα: Στην κορυφή της Ευρώπης ο Ολυμπιακός. pisina.net, 25 May 2016 (in Greek)
- ↑ Ο Ματουτίνοβιτς έβγαζε λαγούς από τα μανίκια του όταν φαινόταν ότι η Ποζίλιπο, που είχε και τη μισή εθνική Ιταλίας στη σύνθεσή της, με τον Ποστιλιόνε ντόπιο ήρωα, του έκοβε τα χέρια και στην παράταση χρησιμοποίησε τον Μαρούλη, ο οποίος έκανε ένα σπουδαίο ματς. Ο Ολυμπιακός προσυπέγραψε ένα αθλητικό έπος, νικώντας με 7-6 στην παράταση, έχοντας χάσει από την αρχή της τον Χατζηθεοδώρου με τρεις ποινές, αλλά με τον Μάκη Βολτυράκη να κάνει μία μεγαλειώδη εμφάνιση.. gavros.gr, 17 May 2013 (in Greek)
- ↑ Όταν η Ευρώπη υποκλίθηκε στον Ολυμπιακό. onsports.gr, 25 May 2012 (in Greek)
- ↑ Θέλουμε τα πάντα. kathimerini.gr, 28 December 2002 (in Greek)
External links
- interview at tanea.gr (in Greek)
- Makis Voltirakis (in Greek)