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Place of Birth: Thessaloniki, Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
About Christos Papadopoulos
- Christos Papadopoulos (Greek: ???st?? ?apad?p?????; born May 19, 1982) is a Greek swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.
- Papadopoulos qualified for the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, representing the host nation Greece.
- He cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:04.10 from a test event at the Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre.
- He challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including four-time Olympian Ratapong Sirisanont (Thailand), who was later disqualified for a false start.
- He touched out Senegal's Malick Fall to take a third spot by 0.07 of a second in 1:04.43.
- Papadopoulos failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-ninth overall on the first day of preliminaries.
- At 2002 Balkan Games in Volos he won the gold medal with national record in 200 breaststroke (2.18.70).
- At the 2005 Mediterranean Games, he took 8th place in 200m breaststroke. Papadopoulos also placed fifth in the men's 200 m breaststroke with a time of 2:11.48 at the World Cup in Berlin, 2005.
- In 2003 he swam the men's 200m Breastroke in the World Universiade in Daegu, Korea finishing eighth in the B-final.
- He has broken multiple national records in the breaststroke events and continues to swim to this day.
- In 1998 Christos won 6th place in the 200m Breastroke at the World Gymnasiade Games in Shanghai.
- Papadopoulos has been national champion in swimming events between 1998 and 2008 consecutively.
- Furthermore, he has been a finalist in the men's national OPEN swimming events between 1998-2015.
- Currently, Papadopoulos takes part in open water marathon and triathlon races and runs a specialised swimming and running store.
- He was also granted his bachelor's degree in business administration and management at the University of Macedonia, Greece.
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