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Thodoris Vlachos

Thodoris Vlachos
Personal information
Born (1969-07-09) 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
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Fukuoka Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kazan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest Team
FINA World League
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Huizhou Team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tbilisi Team
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona Team
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

National team

Awards

References

  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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