Romanos Iasonas Alyfantis (; born 21 March 1986) is a

breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can b ...

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

from

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wit ...

. He won a silver medal at the

2005 Mediterranean Games The XVth Mediterranean Games Almería 2005 (XV Juegos del Mediterráneo 2005 in Spanish), commonly known as the 2005 Mediterranean Games, were the 15th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Almería, Spain over 10 days, from 24 June to 3 Ju ...

, and represented his native country at the

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

and

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

.Alyfantis's bio/results page
from the 2008 Olympics website; retrieved 2009-07-23.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alyfantis, Romanos 1986 births Living people Greek male swimmers Male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of Greece Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Panathinaikos swimmers Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Greece Swimmers at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Swimmers at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Swimmers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Swimmers from Athens