Kyriakos "Koulis" Iosifidis ( el, Κυριάκος Ιωσηφίδης, born 27 January 1946 in

Piraeus Piraeus ( ; el, Πειραιάς ; grc, Πειραιεύς ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens' city centre, along the east coast of the Saron ...

) is a retired

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player and water polo coach. As a player, he was part of the

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at the

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and 1972 Olympic Games. and at club level member of Greek powerhouse

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with whom he won 19 Greek Championships between 1964 and 1983. Iosifidis was the head coach of

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that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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(in Greek) 1946 births Living people Greek male water polo players Greek water polo coaches Olympic water polo players for Greece Water polo players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Greece women's national water polo team coaches Water polo coaches at the 2000 Summer Olympics Water polo coaches at the 2004 Summer Olympics Water polo coaches at the 2008 Summer Olympics Ethnikos Piraeus Water Polo Club players Water polo players from Piraeus {{Greece-waterpolo-bio-stub