Antonis Tsotras ( gr, Αντωνης Τσοτρας; born 9 May 1990) is a Greek sailor, who specialized in two-person keelboat (

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) class. He represented his nation

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, along with his partner and five-time Olympian

Aimilios Papathanasiou Aimilios Papathanasiou ( el, Αιμίλιος Παπαθανασίου, born 8 May 1973) is a Greek sailor. He competed in the '' Finn class'' at the 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. His best Olympic result is fifth place in Athe ...

, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and also obtained a top eight finish in two

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(2012 and 2014). Tsotras qualified for the Greek sailing team in the

class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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by placing eighth and receiving a berth from his results at the

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. Teaming with his partner and five-time Olympian

in the opening series, the Greek duo started the race on a marvellous third-place effort, but fell short to fourteenth by a late caution with a net grade of 106.

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* * * * 1990 births Living people Greek sailors Olympic sailors of Greece Greek male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Star Sailors (sport) from Athens {{Greece-yachtracing-bio-stub