George Mavrotas is a retired Greek water polo

Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

 player and assistant professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens

National Technical University of Athens

The National Technical University of Athens , sometimes simply known as Athens Polytechnic, is among the oldest and most prestigious higher education institutions of Greece....

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Career

Mavrotas played in five consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country from 1984

Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics as usual was part of the swimming sport, the other two being swimming and diving. They were not seen as three separate sports, because they all were governed by one federation — FINA. Water polo discipline consisted of one event: the men's team...

  to 2000

Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The water polo competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia saw Hungary’s return to the gold medal platform and the introduction of the women’s tournament...

. He is, jointly with Spaniard Chiqui Sans, the sixth water polo player to compete at five Olympics, after Briton Paul Radmilovic, Brazilian João Gonçalves Filho

João Gonçalves Filho

João Gonçalves Filho was a Brazilian sportsman who competed in five Olympics. Born in São Paulo, he represented Brazil in swimming at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and in water polo at the 1960, 1964, and 1968 Olympics....

, Hungarian Dezső Gyarmati

Dezso Gyarmati

Dezső Gyarmati is a former Hungarian water polo player and three times Olympic champion, and also a former coach of the Hungarian national water polo team.-Player career:...

, Italian Gianni De Magistris

Gianni De Magistris

Gianni De Magistris is a retired Italian water polo player.He was part of the Italian squad that won silver at the 1976 Montreal Olympics....

, and fellow Spaniard Manuel Estiarte

Manuel Estiarte

Manuel Estiarte Duocastella is a former water polo player from Spain. He is considered by many the best of all time.Estiarte has played 578 times for the Spanish team...

. He is, jointly with shooter Agi Kassoumi, the fourth Greek to compete at five modern Olympics, after shooters Ioannis Theofilakis

Ioannis Theofilakis

Ioannis Theofilakis was a Greek shooter who competed at five Olympic games, and one unofficial Olympic Games...

 and Alexandros Theofilakis

Alexandros Theofilakis

Alexandros Theofilakis was a Greek shooter.-Career:Theofilakis competed at the Summer Olympics in 1896, 1908, 1912 and 1920.At the 1906 Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal at 25 m army pistol event....

 and sailor Tasos Bountouris.

Mavrotas played 511 times for the Greek National Team

Greece men's national water polo team

The Greece men's national water polo team represents Greece in international water polo competitions.- Olympic Games :Greece men's national water polo team participated 14 times at the Olympic Games...

 (a national record for team sports) and is among a few water polo players worldwide that has participated in five Olympic Games

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...

, just one behind the sport legend Manuel Estiarte

Manuel Estiarte

Manuel Estiarte Duocastella is a former water polo player from Spain. He is considered by many the best of all time.Estiarte has played 578 times for the Spanish team...

. His major career achievements is the second place in the World Cup of 1997 as captain of the Greek national team, and the first place in the European Cup of Cup Winners also in 1997, with his club Nautical Club of Vouliagmeni. In 1999, he participated in the world selection team. As of 2003, he is member of the Greek Anti-Doping Organization. Mavrotas is now following an academic career, as an assistant professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens

National Technical University of Athens

The National Technical University of Athens , sometimes simply known as Athens Polytechnic, is among the oldest and most prestigious higher education institutions of Greece....

 with expertise in Operational Research.

External links

• NTUA's academic web page (http://liee.ntua.gr/gm)
• Hellenic Olympic Committee (http://www.hoc.gr)
• Hellenic Association of Olympic Winners (http://www.olympionikes.gr)
• Sports-Reference Profile