FOUNTOULIS Ioannis

Date of Birth: 25 May 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.85/6'0''

Place of birth: KHIOS

Birth Country:

Greece

Place of residence : BUDAPEST

Residence Country:

Hungary

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Water Polo	Men GRE Greece	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group A #02 HUN Hungary 9 GRE Greece 10	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group A #10 ITA Italy 6 GRE Greece 6	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group A #13 GRE Greece 10 JPN Japan 9	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group A #23 RSA South Africa 5 GRE Greece 28	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group A #27 GRE Greece 14 USA United States 5	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Quarterfinal #31 GRE Greece 10 MNE Montenegro 4	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Semifinal #37 GRE Greece 9 HUN Hungary 6	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Gold Medal Match #42 GRE Greece 10 SRB Serbia 13	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
9	Men	2012	London, GBR

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2015	Kazan, RUS
4	Men	2017	Budapest, HUN
6	Men	2013	Barcelona, ESP
7	Men	2019	Gwangju, KOR

World League - Super Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2021	Tbilisi, GEO

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Men	2018	Barcelona, ESP
7	Men	2020	Budapest, HUN

Occupation:

One daughter [2018]

Languages spoken:

Ferencvaros [Budapest, HUN] since 2019

Zsolt Varga [club], HUN; Thodoris Vlachos [national], GRE

Position style:

Centre forward, Wing (wpbelgrade2016.microplustiming.com, 11 Jan 2016)

Right (aquaticsnews.com, 01 Mar 2012)

Sporting relatives:

His brother Georgios Fountoulis has played professional water polo in Greece. He also represented the Greek national team at the 2006 European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. (SportsDeskOnline, 11 Aug 2018; sportschios.gr, 22 Dec 2015)

2005 for Greece (Zagreb2010, 29 Aug 2010)

National league:

OB 1 [HUN] (fradi.hu, 15 Mar 2021)

He began playing water polo as a child in Khios, Greece. (sportschios.gr, 22 Dec 2015)

His older brothers were involved in the sport. "Choosing water polo was the easiest choice as it was very popular where I'm from, and because my older brothers also took part [in the sport], my decision to take it up was an easy one." (sportschios.gr, 22 Dec 2015)

Philosophy:

"The most important thing in sport is to feel you're doing something important." (cobrasports.gr, 01 Jul 2011)

He was named in the All-Star team at the world championships in 2015 and 2017. (fina.org, 29 Jul 2017; sportschios.gr, 22 Dec 2015)

He was named the A1 Ethniki Most Valuable Player [MVP] for the 2012/13, 2014/15 and 2016/17 seasons. (pisina.net, 30 Jun 2017; thetoc.gr, 05 Aug 2015; in.gr, 04 Jun 2015)

General Interest

General
NEW CHALLENGE
He left Olympiacos Piraeus after 10 years of service to play abroad for Hungarian team Ferencvaros in 2019. "It is a very different day for me, since I made the decision to leave the team I love, my friends, and my teammates, with whom I have accomplished so many great things with. I know what I am leaving behind, how many important people and things, but I feel that I will not have the opportunity to do what I love for many more years." (agonasport.com, 17 Jun 2019)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Fountoulis
https://instagram.com/giannisfoud5

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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