Theodoros Velkos (

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: Θεόδωρος Βέλκος; born 20 November 1976) is a male

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player from

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. Velkos competed in

badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex Goudi Olympic Complex is a sports complex in Athens, Greece. It held two of the sports venues used during the 2004 Summer Olympics. Goudi Oly ...

in men's doubles with partner

George Patis Giorgos Patis ( el, Γιώργος Πάτης; born 16 April 16 1983) is a badminton player from Greece. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Career Patis competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles with partner ...

. They were defeated in the 32nd round by

Chan Chong Ming Chan Chong Ming (born 16 February 1980) is a former Malaysian badminton player and a current head coach of Malaysian national women's doubles squad. Career Chan competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics with his then partner, Chew Ch ...

and

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. In his home country he won 12 titles at the Greek National Badminton Championships until 2010. He had previously competed as Todor Velkov ( bg, Тодор Велков), representing Bulgaria at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

References

External links

Theodoros Velkos at Sports Reference
Bulgarian male badminton players Greek male badminton players Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Greece Olympic badminton players of Bulgaria 1976 births Living people {{Bulgaria-badminton-bio-stub