Andreas Garyfallos

{{short description|Greek water polo player}}

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| name = Andreas Garyfallos

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| nationality = Greek

| sport = Water polo

| club = Ethnikos (1947–1968)

| birth_date = 1931

| birth_place = Piraeus, Greece

| death_date = 17 February {{death year and age|2015|1931}}{{Olympedia|54074}}

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Andreas Garyfallos (1931 – 17 February 2015) was a Greek water polo player, one of the greatest in the history of Greek water polo as he is considered the "Patriarch of Greek water polo".{{Cite web |title=The patriarch of Greek water polo Andreas Garyfallos passed away. (Hellenic Swimming Federation) |url=http://koe.org.gr/article/efuge-o-patriarxis-tis-ellinikis-udatosfairisis-andreas-garufallos |access-date=3 February 2022 |website=koe.org.gr |language=el}} He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics as a player-coach.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/andreas-garyfallos-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418093824/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/andreas-garyfallos-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Andreas Garyfallos Olympic Results |access-date=2 December 2019}}

He won 17 Greek Championships during the 1947 to 1968 span (all of them without defeat except for 1964 and 1968) and 6 consecutive Greek Cups (1953-1958) with Ethnikos Piraeus.

He was later head coach of Kerkyra NC, Aris Thessaloniki, Panathinaikos, Ethnikos, NC Chios, Iraklis Thessaloniki.

He also held the position of Ethnikos's president.

The swimming pool in the Votsalakia beach in Piraeus bears his name.{{Cite web |date=2016-06-17 |title=Δημοτικό Κολυμβητήριο Πειραιά: Και το όνομα αυτού… "Ανδρέας Γαρύφαλλος"! - » Λιμάνι 24 |url=https://limani24.gr/%ce%94%ce%b7%ce%bc%ce%bf%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%ba%cf%8c-%ce%9a%ce%bf%ce%bb%cf%85%ce%bc%ce%b2%ce%b7%cf%84%ce%ae%cf%81%ce%b9%ce%bf-%ce%a0%ce%b5%ce%b9%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%b9%ce%ac-%ce%9a%ce%b1%ce%b9-%cf%84%ce%bf/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130181053/https://limani24.gr/%CE%94%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C-%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%85%CE%BC%CE%B2%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF-%CE%A0%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%AC-%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CF%84%CE%BF/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 November 2024 |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=limani24.gr |language=el }}