Vasileios Polymeros ( el, Βασίλειος Πολύμερος, born 20 February 1976 in

Volos Volos ( el, Βόλος ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the sixth most populous city of Greece, and the capital of the Magnesia regional unit ...

) is a

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rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...

. He won the bronze medal in men's lightweight double sculls with Nikolaos Skiathitis at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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and the silver in men's lightweight double sculls with Dimitrios Mougios at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, China.

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1976 births Living people Greek male rowers Olympic silver medalists for Greece Olympic bronze medalists for Greece Olympic rowers of Greece Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Volos Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics European champions for Greece World Rowing Championships medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in rowing European Rowing Championships medalists {{Greece-rowing-bio-stub