Thomas "Themis" Khatzis (born 23 July 1972) is a

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former

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player who competed in the

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(6th place) and the

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(10th place) with the

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. Khatzis started his career at Poseidon Ilision and in 1992 he moved to

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

where he played for twelve consecutive seasons (1992–2004), winning 20 major titles (1

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, 1

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, 9 Greek Championships, 7 Greek Cups and 2 Greek Supercups). Khatzis was a key player in Olympiacos' 2002 Quardruple (

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all in 2002), scoring 2 goals in the 2002 LEN Champions League final win (9–7) against Honvéd in

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. He was the captain of Olympiacos in the 2002 LEN Super Cup win against Vasas (6–5) in

.Athlitiki Icho "Αθλητική Ηχώ" newspaper archive, 31 December 2002, page 29: "Επέστρεψαν οι υπερπρωταθλητές. Με τον καλύτερο τρόπο έκλεισε λοιπόν το 2002 για τον Ολυμπιακό, κάτι που επισήμανε και ο αρχηγός της ομάδας Θέμης Χατζής." (in Greek)

Honours

Club

Olympiacos *

(1): 2001–02 *

(1): 2002 *

(9): 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04 *

(7): 1992–93, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04 * Greek Super Cup (2): 1997, 1998

National team

* 6th place in 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta

References

1972 births Living people Greek male water polo players Olympiacos Water Polo Club players Olympic water polo players of Greece Water polo players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{Greece-waterpolo-bio-stub Ethnikos Piraeus Water Polo Club players