Gerasimos "Makis" Voltirakis (born 14 May 1968) is a Greek retired water polo player and current water polo coach. Voltirakis was a member of Greece men's national water polo team from 1991 to 1997, with whom he competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1] He was part of the Greece men's national water polo team that won the silver medal at the 1997 World Cup in Athens, being voted the tournament's best goalkeeper.[2]
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| Born | 14 May 1968 Athens, Greece | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Greece | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Voltirakis played for Greek powerhouses Ethnikos and Olympiacos, with whom he won the 2001–02 LEN Champions League in Budapest, being the captain of the team. He was also runner-up of the 2000–01 LEN Champions League in Dubrovnik with Olympiacos.[3][4]
Voltirakis was captain of the Olympiacos squad that won the 2002 Triple Crown (LEN Champions League, Greek Championship, Greek Cup).[5][6] He also won 7 Greek Championships, 5 Greek Cups and 2 Greek Super Cups with Olympiacos.
Honours
Club
Olympiacos
- LEN Euroleague (1): 2001–02
- Greek Championship (7): 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
- Greek Cup (5): 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002
- Greek Super Cup (2): 1997, 1998
National team
Silver Medal in 1997 World Cup, Athens- 6th place in 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta
Individual
See also
References
External links
- Makis Voltirakis at Olympedia
- interview at tanea.gr (in Greek)
- Makis Voltirakis (in Greek)
