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National Technical University of Athens |
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Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economics, School of Chemical engineering |
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Sport Career |
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Sport biography · George Mavrotas was born on April 4th, 1967 in Athens. He started his athletic career as a swimmer in 1978 and in 1980 he turned to water-polo. · His first international appearance was in 1984, in the Olympic Games of Los Angeles. Since then, he has competed with the Greek national water-polo team in all major events: five Olympic Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000), four World Championships (1986, 1990, 1994, 1998), eight European Championships (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999) and five World Cups (FINA CUP 1987, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999). · He has been captain of the national team since 1995 and he has 511 international competitions, which is a national record for team sports. · His major athletic achievements include the 2nd place in the World Cup in 1997, the 6th place in the Olympic Games of Atlanta, the 4th place in the European Championships in 1999. With his club (Vouliagmeni Nautical Club) he won the European Cup of Cup winners in 1997. · In 1999, in Budapest he was the first Greek player that participated in the world selection team. In 2001 he was awarded from the Greek union of sport journalists for his moral and his long lasting contribution in Greek sports. From 2003 he actively participates in the National Council for Combating Doping, (Hellenic Anti-Doping Organization). · Concurrently with his athletic career, he attended the courses in the School of Chemical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens. He received his diploma in 1990 with grade 8.32/10. He continues with post graduate studies and he receives his PhD in 2000 with expertise in Operational Research. He is now Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering in the National Technical University of Athens. · He is married with Fani Stathacopoulou since 1994 and they have two sons, Leonidas (born 1996) and Aris (born 2000). |
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FINA CUP 1993, Athens |
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European champion winners, 1998 |
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Atlanta 1996 |
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European Cup winners 1997 with N.C. Vouliagmeni |
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Sydney 2000 |
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With President Stephanopoulos in 2001 |
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Greek championship, 2002 |
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Leonidas and Aris |
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World selection 1999, Budapest (first row, 3rd) |
