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Alexandros Nikolaidis (17 October 1979 – 14 October 2022) was a Greek taekwondo athlete. He was named the 2008 Greek Male Athlete of the Year. Initially the home favorite, he won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics held in Athens after losing to Moon Dae-Sung of South Korea in the gold medal match.

Alexandros Nikolaidis
Medal record
Men's Taekwondo
Representing  Greece
Olympic Games
2004 Athens+80 kg
2008 Beijing+80 kg
World Championships
1996 Barcelona Welterweight
European Championships
1996 Zagreb Welterweight
1997 Patra Welterweight
2008 Rome Heavyweight
2010 Saint Petersburg Heavyweight
Mediterranean Games
2013 MersinHeavyweight

On 24 March 2008, Alexandros Nikolaidis had the honour to be the first torch-bearer of the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay.[1]

Later in the same year on 11 April, he won the European Championship in Rome.

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Nikolaidis won another Olympic silver medal in the +80 kg category, after losing to Cha Dong-Min of South Korea in the final.

In July 2011, he managed to secure a place at the 2012 Olympic Games by placing third in the 2011 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan by defeating Liu Xiaobo of China in the 3rd place play-off. He carried the flag for Greece during the Parade of Nations at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

On 11 August 2012, Nikolaidis began and ended his Olympics participation in a "preliminary round" bout against Bahri Tanrikulu. Nikolaidis lost 7–3 overall.

Nikolaidis retired in 2014. He died on 14 October 2022, at the age of 42. Nikolaidis had been suffering from an "extremely rare" form of cancer for two years prior to his death.[2]


References


  1. Olympic Flame begins relay in Greece Archived 27 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine at the Official Website of the Torch Relay
  2. "The Olympic medallist Alexandros Nikolaidis died of cancer". Greek City Times. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Greece
London 2012
Succeeded by



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[de] Alexandros Nikolaidis

Alexandros Nikolaidis (griechisch Αλέξανδρος Νικολαϊδης, * 17. Oktober 1979 in Thessaloniki; † 14. Oktober 2022) war ein griechischer Taekwondoin, der im Schwergewicht startete.
- [en] Alexandros Nikolaidis

[fr] Aléxandros Nikolaïdis

Aléxandros Nikolaïdis (grec moderne : Αλέξανδρος Νικολαΐδης ; né le 17 octobre 1979 à Thessalonique) est un taekwondoïste grec.

[it] Alexandros Nikolaidis

Alexandros Nikolaidis (in greco: Αλέξανδρος Νικολαΐδης; Salonicco, 17 ottobre 1979) è un taekwondoka greco.

[ru] Николаидис, Александрос

Але́ксандрос Николаи́дис (греч. Αλέξανδρος Νικολαΐδης; 17 октября 1979, Салоники — 14 октября 2022[1]) — греческий тхэквондист, двукратный серебряный призёр олимпийских игр, знаменосец команды Греции на Олимпиаде 2012 года. Он также стал первым факелоносцем на эстафете Олимпийского огня летних Олимпийских игр 2008 года[2].



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