Georgios Zaimis (, 28 June 1937 in

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– 1 May 2020) was a Greek

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and Olympic Champion. He participated in three

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. Along with his fellow crew members of their 1960 Olympic gold winning team on the boat ''Nireus'', he was named one of the 1960 Greek Athletes of the Year.

Career

He competed at the

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in Rome and won a gold medal in the

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class with Crown Prince Constantine of Greece as the

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and Odysseus Eskitzoglou as the other crew on the boat ''Nireus''. He finished 8th at the

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and 15th at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

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* * * * 1937 births 2020 deaths Greek male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Greece Olympic gold medalists for Greece Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Dragon Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sailors (sport) from Piraeus 20th-century Greek sportsmen {{Greece-yachtracing-bio-stub