Nikolaos Siranidis

Nikolaos Siranidis
Personal information
NicknameNikos
Born26 February 1976 (1976-02-26) (age 48)
Athens, Greece
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Medal record
Men's diving
Representing  Greece
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 3 m springboard synchronized

Nikolaos "Nikos" Siranidis (Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Σιρανίδης; born 26 February 1976) is a Greek diver who competed in the synchronised 3 metre springboard competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1] After a bizarre event where the Chinese, Russian and American teams failed, Siranidis won the gold medal together with Thomas Bimis. This was Greece's first-ever gold medal in diving and the hosts' first gold of the 2004 Athens Olympics, and the diver pair therefore became very popular in Greece.

Siranidis also competed in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, where he placed 36th in the men's 3 metre springboard.[2]

He was born in Athens.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nikolaos Siranidis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Nikos Siranidis". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 May 2020.