Georgios Zaimis
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1960 Rome | Dragon |
Georgios Zaimis (Greek: Γεώργιος Ζαΐμης, Greece, 28 June 1937 – 1 May 2020) was a Greek sailor and Olympic Champion. He participated at three Summer Olympics. Along with his fellow crew members of the Nireus Sailing Vessel, he was named one of the 1960 Greek Athletes of the Year.
Career[]
He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and won a gold medal in the Dragon class with the boat Nireus, with Crown Prince Constantine of Greece and Odysseus Eskitzoglou.[1]
He finished 8th at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and 15th at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Profile: Georgios Zaimis". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
- ^ Απεβίωσε ο χρυσός Ολυμπιονίκης της ιστιοπλοΐας, Γιωργος Ζαΐμης (in Greek)
External links[]
- Giorgos Zaimis at World Sailing
- Giorgos Zaimis at Olympics.com
- Giorgos Zaimis at Olympedia
Categories:
- Greek male sailors (sport)
- Olympic sailors of Greece
- Olympic gold medalists for Greece
- 1937 births
- 2020 deaths
- Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Dragon
- Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Dragon
- Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Dragon
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Greek Olympic medalist stubs
- Greek yacht racing biography stubs