Dimitra Asilian (born July 10, 1972 in Piraeus) is a retired female Greek water polo player and Olympic silver medalist with the Greece women's national water polo team. She received a silver medal at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in Athens."2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Water Polo"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on May 12, 2008) She scored 8 goals at the

1999 Women's European Water Polo Championship The European Water Polo Championship, 1999 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the eighth edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place in Pr ...

Prato Prato ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. The city lies in the north east of Tuscany, at the foot of Monte Retaia, elevation , the last peak in the Calvana chain. With more than 200,000 i ...

, where Greece finished 5th. At club level, Asilian started swimming at Greek powerhouse Olympiacos youth Academy at the age of 6.Athlitiki Icho "Αθλητική Ηχώ" newspaper archive, 27 July 2000, page 37: Δήμητρα Ασιλιάν: Πήγε στον Ολυμπιακό 6 χρονών – 22 χρόνια παρουσίας στον Ολυμπιακό (in Greek) Olympiacos women's water polo department was founded in 1988 and Asilian went on to play for Olympiacos for a total of 29 years (including her youth career) before her retirement at the end of 2006–2007 season at age 35. Asilian is the record goalscorer in the history of the

Greek Women's Water Polo League The Greek Women's Water Polo A1 League ( el, Ελληνικό Πρωτάθλημα Υδατοσφαίρισης της Α1 Γυναικών) is the premier championship for women's water polo teams in Greece. It was founded in 1988, and it is curr ...

with 703 goals, a record she achieved in a 15-year span (1992–2007). She won 2 Greek Championships (1994–95, 1997–98) and the fourth place in the 1995–96 LEN European Cup with Olympiacos.Υπέγραψαν Ασιλιάν και Κανελλοπούλου στη Ν.Ε.Λ
. lamiareport.gr, 16 June 2011 (in Greek)

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* 1972 births Living people Greek female water polo players Olympic water polo players for Greece Olympiacos women's water polo team players Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Greece Olympic medalists in water polo Greek people of Armenian descent Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Water polo players from Piraeus 21st-century Greek women {{Greece-waterpolo-bio-stub

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