Nikolaos Deligiannis (water polo)

{{short description|Greek water polo player}}

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|position = Goalkeeper

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|years1 = 1994–2001
2001–2015

|clubs1 = ANO Glyfada
Olympiacos

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Nikolaos "Nikos" Deligiannis ({{langx|el|Νικόλαος Δεληγιάννης}}, born 3 September 1976) is a Greek former water polo player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics (10th place), the 2004 Summer Olympics (4th place), the 2008 Summer Olympics (7th place){{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/nikolaos-deligiannis-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030855/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/nikolaos-deligiannis-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=23 July 2012}} and the 2012 Summer Olympics (9th place) with the Greece men's national water polo team.{{refn|name=London2012|[https://web.archive.org/web/20130101/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/deligiannis-nikolaos-1116440/ Nikolaos Deligiannis]. London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from [http://www.london2012.com/athlete/deligiannis-nikolaos-1116440/ the original] by the Internet Archive.}} He was also part of the Greece national squad who won the Bronze Medal in the 2005 World Championship in Montreal and the Bronze Medal in the 2004 World League in Long Beach.[https://web.archive.org/web/20151009123529/http://articles.dailypilot.com/2004-07-17/news/export10610_1_omar-amr-shootout-greece Greece–USA 13–12 World League quarter-final]

At club level, Deligiannis had a long and successful career playing for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos for 14 years (2001–2015), with whom he won 1 LEN Champions League, 1 LEN Super Cup, 12 Greek Championships and 12 Greek Cups. He was also captain of Olympiacos for several years.

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Olympiacos

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See also

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