:Lazaros Voreadis
{{short description|Greek basketball referee (born 1960)}}
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Lazaros Voreadis (born July 18, 1960 in Thessaloniki).[http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_IcvnB-IkIYwoSYi2l5bOY3.b_s.coid_h3Z-uXNBHNYxZVrCLRd3i1.articleMode_on.html VOREADIS, LAZAROS] is a Greek basketball referee. Voreadis was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, and he speaks both Greek and English.
Refereeing career
Residing in Athens, Greece,Lazaros Voreadis began his career as a basketball referee in 1978 and became an international referee in 1992, officiating at various prominent international events, including the Olympics.{{Cite web |title=Lazaros Voreadis |url=https://www.bgbasket.com/en/referee.php?id=103 |access-date=October 7, 2024}} The 85 kg professional referee officiated at the 7th World Championship for Junior Men at Thessaloniki in the year 2003. He officiated the finals of the Saporta Cup and the Korać Cup in 2002, within 15 days of each other. Voreadis officiated at the 2004 Olympic Basketball Tournament and he took the Judge's Oath at the opening ceremony to the Games. He was also a referee at the 2003 European Championship for Men.{{cite news |title=2003 European Championship for Men |url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/5/grid/B/rid/2221/sid/2236/_/2003_European_Championship_for_Men/statistic.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001133042/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/5/grid/B/rid/2221/sid/2236/_/2003_European_Championship_for_Men/statistic.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 1, 2009 |work=archive.fiba.com}} He stepped down from refereeing in 2010, marking the end of his career in active officiating.
During a Olympiakos-Panathinaikos Greek Basketball League game in 2002, he was struck by a projectile thrown by an Olympiakos fan and was comforted by colleague Nikos Papadimitriou.{{cite news |title=Basketball ref Lazaros Voreadis |url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/sports/364/basketball-ref-lazaros-voreadis/ |work=www.ekathimerini.com |date=August 1, 2002 |language=English}}
References
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- [http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=2004 IOC 2004 Summer Olympics]
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Category:Greek basketball referees
Category:Greek men's basketball players
Category:Oath takers at the Olympic Games
Category:Basketball players from Thessaloniki
Category:20th-century Greek sportsmen
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