Thodoris Vlachos

Thodoris Vlachos
Thodoris Vlachos
Personal information
Born	July 9, 1969 (age 55); Volos, Greece
Senior clubs
Years	Team
–1989	NO Volos & Argonautes
1989–1998	Olympiacos
1998–1999	PAOK
1999–2000	Panathinaikos
National team
Years	Team
	Greece
Teams coached
2000–2005	Olympiacos (assistant)
2005–2011	Palaio Faliro
2011–2022	Olympiacos
2014–	Greece
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing Greece (as head coach)
Olympic Games
World Championships
FINA World League
Mediterranean Games
	Last updated: 12 January 2017

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] He was named the Greek Coach of the Year, for the years 2021 and 2023.

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]

Vlachos, as the head coach of Greece's national water polo team, has attained the silver medal in the Olympic Games of Tokyo in 2020, and also the silver medal in the World Championships at Fukuoka in 2023.

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)

[1] Νέος προπονητής του Θρύλου ο Θοδωρής Βλάχος, redplanet.gr (in Greek)

[2] Eλλάδα–Ιταλία 11–10, sport24.gr (in Greek)

[3] Thodoris Vlachos, gavros.gr (in Greek)

[4] Olympiacos is back to the Olympos after 16 years. LEN official website. 9 June 2018.

[5] Πρωταθλητής Ευρώπης ο Ολυμπιακός στο πόλο. Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. (in Greek)

[6] Ολυμπιακός–ΠΑΟ 10–6, Πρωταθλητής ο Ολυμπιακός με 3–0, contra.gr (in Greek)

[7] Νέος προπονητής στην Εθνική ο Θοδωρής Βλάχος, contra.gr (in Greek)

[8] "BCN 2015 Greek Men's Water Polo Team" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

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