Thomas Khatzis
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Thomas "Themis" Khatzis (born 23 July 1972) is a Greek former water polo player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics (6th place) and the 2000 Summer Olympics (10th place) with the Greece men's national water polo team.[1]
Khatzis started his career at Poseidon Ilision and in 1992 he moved to Olympiacos where he played for twelve consecutive seasons (1992–2004), winning 20 major titles (1 LEN Euroleague, 1 LEN Supercup, 9 Greek Championships, 7 Greek Cups and 2 Greek Supercups).[2]
Khatzis was a key player in Olympiacos' 2002 Quardruple (LEN Champions League, LEN Super Cup, Greek Championship, Greek Cup all in 2002), scoring 2 goals in the 2002 LEN Champions League final win (9–7) against Honvéd in Budapest.[3][4] He was the captain of Olympiacos in the 2002 LEN Super Cup win against Vasas (6–5) in Budapest.[5]
Honours[edit]
Club[edit]
Olympiacos
- LEN Euroleague (1): 2001–02
- LEN Super Cup (1): 2002
- Greek Championship (9): 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
- Greek Cup (7): 1992–93, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
- Greek Super Cup (2): 1997, 1998
National team[edit]
- 6th place in 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta
References[edit]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Thomas Khatzis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ Athlitiki Icho "Αθλητική Ηχώ" newspaper archive, 3 September 2004, page 62: "
Τ ο αντίο ενός μεγάλου.Ο Θέμης Χατζής ανακοίνωσετ η ν αποχώρησήτ ο υ απότ η ν ενεργό δράση." (in Greek) - ^ Έγραψε ιστορία
ο Θρύλος (in Greek). sport.gr. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2012. - ^ Εγραψε ιστορία!
Ο λόγοςγ ι α τ ο ν Ολυμπιακόπ ο υ έγραψετ η δικήτ ο υ χρυσή ιστορίασ τ ο πόλο αφού κέρδισε 6–5τ η ν ουγγρική Βάσας μέσασ τ ο σπίτι τηςκ α ι είναιη μοναδική ομάδασ τ η ν ιστορίατ ο υ αθλήματοςπ ο υ κατάφερεν α κατακτήσεικ α ι τ α τέσσερα τρόπαιαπ ο υ διεκδίκησε (in Greek), rizospastis.gr, 31/12/2002 - ^ Athlitiki Icho "Αθλητική Ηχώ" newspaper archive, 31 December 2002, page 29: "Επέστρεψαν
ο ι υπερπρωταθλητές.Μ ε τ ο ν καλύτερο τρόπο έκλεισε λοιπόντ ο 2002 γιατ ο ν Ολυμπιακό, κάτιπ ο υ επισήμανεκ α ι ο αρχηγός της ομάδας Θέμης Χατζής." (in Greek)