Spyridon Gianniotis

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Spyridon ("Spyros") Gianniotis (Greek: Σπυρίδων "Σπύρος" Γιαννιώτης; born February 19, 1980 in Liverpool, Merseyside) is a distance freestyle specialist from Greece, who was born in England. He won three individual medals at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000.

He is one of the fastest marathon swimmers in the world and was a pre-race favorite to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics 10K Marathon Swim.

Spyros rose to the occasion in Shanghai and will compete in the 2012 London Olympic 10K Marathon Swim by virtue of his gold medal victory in the 10K race at the 2011 FINA World Championships. He was nominated for the 2011 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 World Championships 1.2 European Championships (LC) 1.3 Mediterranean Games 2 Videos 3 External sites

Results

World Championships

• Silver 2009 Rome 5 km open water
• Gold 2011 Shanghai 10 km open water
• Silver 2011 Shanghai 5 km open water

European Championships (LC)

• Gold 2010 Budapest 5 km team
• Bronze 2010 Budapest 5 km individual
• Bronze 2002 Berlin 4×200 m freestyle

Mediterranean Games

• Gold 2001 Tunis 1500 m freestyle
• Silver 2005 Almería 400 m freestyle
• Silver 2005 Almería 1500 m freestyle
• Bronze 2005 Almería 800 m freestyle

Videos

External sites

• Greek team wins gold
• Spyridon wins silver at 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome
• Open Water Swimming website
• Spyros wins 2011 FINA 10K World Championship
• Wisdom and Experience in Open Water
• World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year