Athanasios Michalopoulos
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Athanasios Michalopoulos is an Olympic
beach volleyball
player from Greece
. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics
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In 2004, Michalopoulos and his partner Pavlos Beligratis were eliminated in the first round of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament
.
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
beach volleyball
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....
player from Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
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In 2004, Michalopoulos and his partner Pavlos Beligratis were eliminated in the first round of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament
Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's Beach Volleyball
The men's beach volleyball event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, was held at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre located at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex.-Medalists:-Pool play:...
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