Sideris Tasiadis

Sideris Tasiadis (born 7 May 1990) is a German slalom canoeist of Greek descent who has competed at the international level since 2005. He lived in Thrace, Greece for 10 years during his childhood.

Sideris Tasiadis
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1990-05-07) 7 May 1990
Augsburg, West Germany
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Country Germany
SportCanoe slalom
Event(s)C1
ClubKanu Schwaben Augsburg

Career

In 2012, he won a silver medal in the men's C1 at the London Olympic Games behind Tony Estanguet (FRA) and beating two-time Olympic Champion Michal Martikán (SVK). He finished fifth in the C1 event four years later at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[1]

He also won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with four silvers (C1 team: 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015) and a bronze (C1: 2018). Tasiadis won nine medals at the European Championships (2 golds, 5 silvers, and 2 bronzes).[2]

Tasiadis won the overall World Cup title in the C1 class in 2013 and 2017.

World Cup individual podiums

Season Date Venue Position Event
200912 July 2009Augsburg2ndC1
20104 July 2010Augsburg3rdC1
201329 June 2013Augsburg3rdC1
6 July 2013La Seu d'Urgell3rdC1
201718 June 2017Prague1stC1
25 June 2017Augsburg2ndC1
2 July 2017Markkleeberg2ndC1
3 September 2017Ivrea1stC1
201823 June 2018Liptovský Mikuláš1stC1
7 July 2018Augsburg1stC1
1 September 2018Tacen1stC1
201915 June 2019Lee Valley1stC1

Personal life

Tasiadis dated slalom canoeist Claudia Bär until her death in 2015 after a two year battle with leukemia.[3]

References

  1. "Sideris Tasiadis". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. "Sideris TASIADIS (GER)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. "Frühere Kanu-Slalom-Europameisterin Claudia Bär ist tot". Welt.de (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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