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Ioannis Fountoulis

1988 - Today

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Ioannis Fountoulis (also Giannis, Greek: Γιάννης Φουντούλης; born 25 May 1988) is a Greek professional water polo player. He is the former captain of Greece men's national water polo team, with whom he won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships, a bronze medal at the 2016 World League, 2020 World League and competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, and 2024 Summer Olympics, being the top scorer of the Greece National Team of all time. He played for the Greek powerhouse Olympiacos since 2009, and in 2018 he won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League with the Greek giants, scoring 4 goals in the final game against Pro Recco in Genoa. Is a very big scorer and leader is considered one of the top players in the world and it is typical how in 2016 and 2018 he was voted as the second top player in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 14 in 2024). Ioannis Fountoulis is the 7,273rd most popular athlete (down from 5,590th in 2024), the 1,064th most popular biography from Greece (down from 1,014th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Greek Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ioannis Fountoulis ranks 7,273 out of 6,025Before him are Yamila Nizetich, Naoki Tsukahara, Erislandy Savón, Lin Yun-ju, Miloš Ćuk, and Petr Fuksa. After him are Xander Schauffele, Rocío García, Matt Graham, Panagiotis Mantis, Jakub Kochanowski, and Jasmin Grabowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Ioannis Fountoulis ranks 1,607Before him are Paul Bennett, Roksana Zasina, Kyle Naughton, Chan Peng Soon, Vasil Bozhikov, and Yuki Igari. After him are Joanna Leszczyńska, Rasa Leleivytė, Jefferson, Nick Lashaway, Clarissa dos Santos, and Weyes Blood.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Ioannis Fountoulis ranks 1,065 out of 1,024Before him are Giannis Gianniotas (1993), Charalampos Mavrias (1994), Dimitrios Tsiamis (1982), Marios Oikonomou (1992), Christos Volikakis (1988), and Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos (1993). After him are Panagiotis Mantis (1981), Georgios Masouras (1994), Dimitrios Agravanis (1994), Dimitrios Mastrovasilis (1983), Taxiarchis Fountas (1995), and Periklis Ilias (1986).

Among ATHLETES In Greece

Among athletes born in Greece, Ioannis Fountoulis ranks 61Before him are Evangelia Psarra (1974), Elina Tzengko (2002), Konstantinos Filippidis (1986), Chen Yang (null), Antigoni Drisbioti (1984), and Dimitrios Tsiamis (1982). After him are Panagiotis Mantis (1981), Dimitrios Chondrokoukis (1988), Pavlos Kagialis (1984), Angelos Vlachopoulos (1991), Alastair Heathcote (1977), and Anna-Maria Alexandri (1997).