Theodoros "Thodoris" Vlachos (Greek: Θοδωρής Βλάχος; born 9 July 1969, in Volos) is a retired Greek water polo player and the current coach of the Greece men's national water polo team.[1][2]
As a player, Vlachos played for Olympiacos from 1989 to 1998, winning numerous titles. He was also a member of the Greece men's national water polo team. After his retirement, he became assistant coach of Olympiacos under coaches Dragan Matutinović, Zoltán Kásás and Veselin Đuho.[3] He became Olympiacos head coach in 2011, following a successful stint as head coach in Palaio Faliro. Under his guidance, Olympiacos won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League in Genoa, after a 9–7 win against home team Pro Recco in the final and completed a Triple Crown, winning the season's all available titles.[4][5] Besides the LEN Champions League and the Triple Crown, he has also coached Olympiacos to 10 consecutive Greek League titles (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) 9 Greek Cups (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) and 7 domestic Doubles.[6]
In 2014, he became head coach of Greece men's national water polo team,[7] whom he led to the bronze medal at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan and the bronze medal at the 2016 World League in Huizhou.[8]
Honours
As a head coach
Club
Olympiacos
- LEN Champions League: 2017–18 ;runners-up: 2015–16, 2018–19
- Greek Championship: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
- Greek Cup: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
- Greek Super Cup: 2018, 2019, 2020
National team
Silver Medal in 2020 Olympic Games, Tokyo- Silver Medal in 2023 World Championship, Fukuoka
- Silver Medal in 2018 Mediterranean Games, Tarragona
Bronze Medal in 2015 World Championship, Kazan- Bronze Medal in 2016 World League, Huizhou
- Bronze Medal in 2020 World League, Tbilisi
- 4th place in 2016 European Championship, Belgrade
- 4th place in 2017 World Championship, Budapest
- 6th place in 2016 Olympic Games, Rio
Awards
References
- ^ Νέος προπονητής του Θρύλου ο Θοδωρής Βλάχος, redplanet.gr (in Greek)
- ^ Eλλάδα–Ιταλία 11–10, sport24.gr (in Greek)
- ^ Thodoris Vlachos, gavros.gr (in Greek)
- ^ Olympiacos is back to the Olympos after 16 years. LEN official website. 9 June 2018.
- ^ Πρωταθλητής Ευρώπης ο Ολυμπιακός στο πόλο. Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. (in Greek)
- ^ Ολυμπιακός–ΠΑΟ 10–6, Πρωταθλητής ο Ολυμπιακός με 3–0, contra.gr (in Greek)
- ^ Νέος προπονητής στην Εθνική ο Θοδωρής Βλάχος, contra.gr (in Greek)
- ^ "BCN 2015 Greek Men's Water Polo Team" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
External links
- Thodoris Vlachos at Olympedia
- [1] (in Greek)
- [2] (in Greek)
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