Georgios Diamantidis
Greek swimmer (born 1984)
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Georgios Diamantidis (Greek: Γεώργιος Διαμαντίδης; born 3 January 1984) is a Greek former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events.[1] Diamantidis qualified for the men's 1500 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by clearing a FINA A-standard entry time of 15:09.25 from the Greece National Open in Thessaloniki.[2] He challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including top medal favorite Larsen Jensen of the United States. He rounded out the field to last place by a 27-second margin behind Italy's Christian Minotti in 16:06.31. Diamantidis failed to advance into the final, as he placed thirty-first overall in the preliminaries.[3][4]
Greece| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Georgios Diamantidis |
| Nickname | Giorgos |
| National team | Greece |
| Born | 3 January 1984 Katerini, Central Macedonia, Greece |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | Olympiacos F.C. |
| College team | Hellenic College of Thessaloniki |
| Coach | Vojko Race |
Career
- Olympic Games
- 2004 Greece, Athens 1500m freestyle
- World Championship
- 2003 Barcelona 1500m freestyle
- World Cups
- 2001 Imperia, Italy 400m-1500m freestyle
- 2002 Paris, France 400m-1500m freestyle
- 2003 Spain, Barcelona 400m-1500m freestyle
- European Championships
- 2002 Austria, Linz 400m-1500m (A) freestyle
- 2004 Spain, Madrid 1500m (M) freestyle
- 2006 Hungary, Budapest 1500m (M) freestyle
