Alexandros Evgenios Gounas (born 3 October 1989) is a Greek water polo player.[2][3] He is member of the Greece men's national water polo team since 2008 and won a bronze medal at the 16th FINA World Championships and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He plays for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos, with whom he won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League in Genoa.[4][5] Moreover, in his collection are 6 Greek Championships and 6 Greek Cups in which he was voted Most Valuable Player four times, with them being the 2011–2012 NC Vouliagmeni, 2013–2014 Olympiacos, 2017–2018 Olympiacos, and 2018–2019 Olympiacos.
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 Gounas at the 2015 World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alexandros Evgenios Gounas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
3 October 1989 Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Wing / Driver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Appolon Smyrnis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2004 | Vouliagmeni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2008 | Glyfada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2013 | Vouliagmeni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Olympiacos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Savona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | Olympiacos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Appolon Smyrnis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022– | Panionios | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated: 2 August 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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edit- Vouliagmeni
- Greek Championship: 2011–12
- Greek Cup: 2011–12
- Olympiacos
- LEN Champions League: 2017–18 ; runners-up: 2015–16, 2018–19
- Greek Championship: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
- Greek Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
- Greek Super Cup: 2018, 2019
National team
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Silver Medal in 2018 Mediterranean Games Tarragona
Bronze Medal in 2013 Mediterranean Games, Mersin- Bronze Medal in 2015 World Championship Kazan
- Bronze Medal in 2016 World League Huizhou
- 4th place in 2016 European Championship Belgrade
- 4th place in 2017 World Championship Budapest
- 6th place in 2016 Olympic Games, Rio
Awards
edit- Greek Championship MVP: 2011–12 with Vouliagmeni, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 with Olympiacos
- Greek Championship Top Scorer: 2020–21, 2021–22 with Apollon Smyrnis
See also
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edit- ^ Alexandres Gounas Archived 26 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ "Alexandros Gounas - fina.org". www.fina.org. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "2014 Vizilabda Európa-bajnokság". www.microplustiming.com. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "Water Polo - Olympiacos underlines next season ambitions with new signings - Waterpology". www.waterpology.com. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ Alexandres Gounas Archived 6 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alexandros Gounas.
- Alexandros Gounas at World Aquatics
- Alexandros Gounas at Olympics.com
- Alexandros Gounas at Olympedia
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