Angeliki Gerolymou ( gr, Αγγελική Γερόλυμου, born 22 June 1982) is a retired
Greek
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water polo
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player,
World Champion in 2011 in Shanghai with
Greece women's national water polo team
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. She is the current assistant coach of
Greece women's national water polo team
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under coach Athanasios Kechagias.
She was part of the
Greek squad that competed in the
2008 Olympic Games in Beijing (8th place).
At the
2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship
The 2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the 13th edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place at the Arena Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia f ...
in
Zagreb
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, she was part of the Greek team that won the silver medal.
At the
water polo championship at the 2011 World Aquatics championships in Shanghai, China she was part of the Greek team that won the gold medal (World Champions).
At the
2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship
The 2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship took place at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Swim Stadium in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, from January 18 to 28, 2012.
Italy won their fifth title by defeating Greece 13-10 in the final. Hungary ca ...
in
Eindhoven
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, she won the silver medal with the Greek team.
See also
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List of world champions in women's water polo
This is a list of world champions in women's water polo since the inaugural official edition in 1986.
Abbreviations
History
The 1986 Women's World Water Polo Championship was the first edition of the women's water polo tournament at the World ...
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References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
Greek female water polo players
Olympic water polo players for Greece
Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
Water polo players from Patras
21st-century Greek women
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