Alexios Ntanatsidis OLY is a Greek

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. He began his professional career at the age of 14 after joining the Greek National team and he won a gold medal at the European Championships for cadets shortly after. In 2013, he won the gold medal at the U21 World Championships. In 2014, he won the bronze medal at the European Judo Open Championships. He also won a bronze medal at the

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. In recent years, he has won two bronze medals and one silver at various IJF Grand Prix and he has also won gold medals at the Asian and Oceanian Opens in 2018 and 2019 respectively. He represented Greece in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Personal life

Alexios was born on 20 June 1993 in

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, in

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, a region in south Georgia which was founded by Greeks who moved from Pontos. He was raised in

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. He was enrolled by his parents at a local judo club at a young age. He is tall and weighs .

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* * * Greek male judoka Living people 1993 births Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games medalists in judo Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games European Games competitors for Greece Judoka at the 2015 European Games Judoka at the 2019 European Games Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Greece Sportspeople from Athens Greek sambo practitioners 21st-century Greek people {{Greece-judo-bio-stub