Georgios Zaimis
{{Short description|Greek sailor (1937–2020)}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's sailing }}
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{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalGold |1960 Rome | Dragon}}
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Georgios Zaimis ({{Langx|el|Γεώργιος Ζαΐμης}}, 28 June 1937 in Piraeus – 1 May 2020) was a Greek sailor and Olympic Champion. He participated in three Summer Olympics. Along with his fellow crew members of their 1960 Olympic gold winning team on the boat Nireus, he was named one of the 1960 Greek Athletes of the Year.
Career
He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and won a gold medal in the Dragon class with Crown Prince Constantine of Greece as the helmsman and Odysseus Eskitzoglou as the other crew on the boat Nireus.{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/es/odyssevs-eskitzoglou-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203041003/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/es/odyssevs-eskitzoglou-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 December 2016|title=Odyssevs Eskitzoglou|access-date=1 February 2009}}
He finished 8th at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and 15th at the 1968 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sport24.gr/Sports/OlympicGames/apeviwse-o-xrysos-olympionikhs-ths-istioploias-giwrgos-zaimhs.5706093.html |title=Απεβίωσε ο χρυσός Ολυμπιονίκης της ιστιοπλοΐας, Γιωργος Ζαΐμης |trans-title=Olympic sailing gold medalist Giorgos Zaimis has passed away |website=sport24.gr |language=el |access-date=3 May 2020 |archive-date=6 May 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200506073323/https://www.sport24.gr/Sports/OlympicGames/apeviwse-o-xrysos-olympionikhs-ths-istioploias-giwrgos-zaimhs.5706093.html |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
- {{World Sailing|id=GREGZ4|www=georgios-zaimis}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com profile}}
- {{HOC profile|zaimis-yiorgos|Yiorgos Zaimis}}
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Category:Greek male sailors (sport)
Category:Olympic sailors for Greece
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Greece
Category:Olympic medalists in sailing
Category:Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Dragon
Category:Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Dragon
Category:Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Dragon
Category:Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Sailors (sport) from Piraeus
Category:20th-century Greek sportsmen
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