Alexandros Nikolaidis

Alexandros Nikolaidis
Medal record
Men's Taekwondo
Competitor for  Greece
Olympic Games
2004 Athens +80 kg
2008 Beijing +80 kg
World Championships
1996 Barcelona Welterweight
European Championships
1996 Zagreb Welterweight
1997 Patra Welterweight
2008 Rome Heavyweight
2010 Saint Petersburg Heavyweight
Mediterranean Games
2013 Mersin Heavyweight

Alexandros Nikolaidis (born October 17, 1979 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek taekwondo athlete. Initially the home favorite, he eventually won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics held in Athens after losing to Moon Dae-Sung of South Korea in the gold medal match.

On March 24, 2008 Alexandros Nikolaidis had the honour to be the first torch-bearer of the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay.[1]

Later in the same year on April 11, he won the European Championship in Rome.

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Nikolaidis won another Olympic silver medal in the +80 kg category, after losing to Cha Dong-Min of South Korea in the final.

In July 2011, he managed to secure a place at the 2012 Olympic Games by placing third in the 2011 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan by defeating Liu Xiaobo of China in the 3rd place play-off. He carried the flag for Greece during the Parade of Nations at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

On the 11th of August, Nikolaidis began his Olympics in a preliminary round bout against Bahri Tanrikulu. Nikolaidis lost 7-3 overall to end his Olympic participation in 2012.

References

  1. Olympic Flame begins relay in Greece at the Official Website of the Torch Relay
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Ilias Iliadis
Flagbearer for  Greece
London 2012
Succeeded by
Incumbent


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