Thodoris Vlachos Explained

Thodoris Vlachos
Birth Date:9 July 1969
Birth Place:Volos, Greece
Coachyears1:2000–2005
Coachclubs1:Olympiacos (assistant)
Years1:–1989
Clubs1:NO Volos & Argonautes
Years2:1989–1998
Clubs2:Olympiacos
Years3:1998–1999
Clubs3:PAOK
Years4:1999–2000
Clubs4:Panathinaikos
Nationalteam1:Greece
Coachyears2:2005–2011
Coachclubs2:Palaio Faliro
Coachyears3:2011–2022
Coachclubs3:Olympiacos
Coachyears4:2014–
Coachclubs4:Greece
Show-Medals:yes
Medaltemplates: (as head coach)
Updated:12 January 2017

Theodoros "Thodoris" Vlachos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: 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]

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

Club

Olympiacos

2017–18 ;runners-up: 2015–16, 2018–19

2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22

2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22

2018, 2019, 2020

National team

Awards

2021

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.redplanet.gr/polo/a1_andron_polo/neos-proponhths-toy-thruloy-o-thodwrhs-vlaxos.1193020.html Νέος προπονητής του Θρύλου ο Θοδωρής Βλάχος
  2. http://www.sport24.gr/Sports/Polo/ellada-italia-11-10.3591842.html Eλλάδα–Ιταλία 11–10
  3. http://www.gavros.gr/content/water-polo/75019-xwris-egwismo Thodoris Vlachos
  4. http://www2.len.eu/?p=11913 Olympiacos is back to the Olympos after 16 years
  5. http://www.ert.gr/eidiseis/ellada/protathlitis-eyropis-o-olympiakos-sto-polo/ Πρωταθλητής Ευρώπης ο Ολυμπιακός στο πόλο
  6. http://www.contra.gr/Sports/WaterPolo/Hellas/A1Polo/telikos/olympiakos-panathhnaikos-live.3505138.html Ολυμπιακός–ΠΑΟ 10–6, Πρωταθλητής ο Ολυμπιακός με 3–0
  7. http://www.contra.gr/Sports/WaterPolo/ethniki_polo_%28m%29/neos-proponhths-sthn-ethnikh-o-vlaxos.3206708.html Νέος προπονητής στην Εθνική ο Θοδωρής Βλάχος
  8. News: BCN 2015 Greek Men's Water Polo Team. Omega Timing. 19 August 2015.