Nikitas Kocheilas
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| Nationality | Greek | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 1, 1983 Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Nikitas Kocheilas (Greek: Νικήτας Κόχειλας; born 1 March 1983)[1] is a Greek water polo player. As a member of Greece men's national water polo team, he won the bronze medal at the 2006 FINA World League[2] and competed at the 2006 European Championship,[3] the 2006 FINA World Cup and the 2008 FINA World League.[4] Kocheilas was also part of the Greece men's national water polo team that was the Champion at the 2001 Junior World Championship in Istanbul.[5][6]
At club level, Kocheilas started his career in 1998 with Ethnikos Piraeus (along with his brother Giannis) with whom he played from 1998–2003, 2015–2017 and 2021–2022 winning the 2000 Greek Cup. He played most notably also for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos from 2004 to 2011,[7][8] winning 6 Greek Championships (2005, 2007–2011), 6 Greek Cups (2006, 2007–2011) and the fourth place at the 2006–07 LEN Euroleague.[9] He has also played for Panathinaikos, PAOK, Palaio Faliro and Ydraikos.
References
[edit]- ^ Νικήτας Κόχειλας. water-polo.studioidea.gr (in Greek)
- ^ Πόλο, το εθνικό μας άθλημα - Εθνική Ομάδα ανδρών: Χάλκινο μετάλλιο στο World League 2006 (Ελλάδα). we24.gr (in Greek)
- ^ 2006 European Championship Greece-Germany[dead link]. waterpolo.sportresult.com
- ^ Water polo: Superfinal of Men’s FINA World League 2008 kick off in Genova. en.olympic.cn, 18 June 2008
- ^ 2001: Δεκαπέντε χρόνια πού «πήραμε» την Πόλη. waterpolonews.gr, 19 August 2016 (in Greek)
- ^ Οι μικροί που συγκλόνησαν την Ελλάδα. sportdog.gr, 19 August 2012 (in Greek)
- ^ Athlitiki Icho "Αθλητική Ηχώ" newspaper archive, 2 October 2004, page 64: Το πάρε-δώσε στην Α1 ανδρών (in Greek)
- ^ Τα ρόστερ των ομάδων. contra.gr, 3 October 2011 (in Greek)
- ^ "Το προφίλ των τεσσάρων φιναλίστ". contra.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 12 January 2017.
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