Spyros 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 finished fourth in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2012 London Olympics. He subsequently won the 2012 FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Olympic Games 1.2 World Championships 1.3 European Championships (LC) 1.4 Mediterranean Games 2 Videos and Interviews 3 2012 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Results 4 External links

Results

Olympic Games

• 5th in 1500m Freestyle in 2004 - 15:03.69
• 7th in 400m Freestyle in 2004 - 3:48.77
• 16th in Marathon 10km in 2008 - 1:52:20.4
• Heat of 400m Freestyle in 2008 - 3:49.34
• Heat of 1500m Freestyle in 2008 - 14:53.32
• Heat of 400m Freestyle in 2000 - 3:54.96
• Heat of 1500m Freestyle in 2000 - 15:29.69
• Heat of 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay in 2000

World Championships

• Silver 2009 Rome 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 and Interviews

2012 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Results

1. Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia - 1:49:55.1
2. Thomas Lurz of Germany - 1:49:58.5
3. Richard Weinberger of Canada - 1:50:00.3
4. Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece - 1:50:05.3
5. Daniel Fogg of Great Britain - 1:50:37.3
6. Sergey Bolshakov of Russia - 1:50:40.1
7. Vladimir Dyatchin of Russia - 1:50:42.8
8. Andreas Waschburger of Germany - 1:50:44.4
9. Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria - 1:50:46.2
10. Alex Meyer of the USA - 1:50:48.2
11. Julien Sauvage of France - 1:50:51.3
12. Troyden Prinsloo of South Africa - 1:50:52.9
13. Erwin Maldonado of Venezuela - 1:50:52.9
14. Igor Chervynskiy of Ukraine - 1:50:56.9
15. Yasunari Hirai of Japan - 1:51:20.1
16. Brian Ryckeman of Belgium - 1:51:27.1
17. Valerio Cleri of Italy - 1:51:29.5
18. Csaba Gercsak of Hungary - 1:51:30.9
19. Arseniy Lavrentyev of Portugal - 1:51:37.2
20. Ky Hurst of Australia - 1:51:41.3
21. Ivan Enderica Ochoa of Ecuador - 1:52:28.6
22. Yuriy Kudinov of Kazakhstan - 1:52:59.0
23. Francisco Jose Hervas of Spain - 1:53:27.8
24. Mazen Aziz Metwaly of Egypt - 1:54:33.2
25. Benjamin Schulte of Guam - 2:03:35.1

External links

• 2012 Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km Coverage
• 2012 Olympic Marathon Swimming - Male Medal Contenders
• Greek team wins gold
• Spyridon wins silver at 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome
• David Browne, Queensland Academy
• 2012 London Olympics - The Men of Open Water Swimming
• Spyridon Gianniotis Of Greece Leads FINA
• Spyridon Gianniotis Wins Shantou and FINA World Cup
• Greek Star Shines on FINA 10K World Cup Circuit