Vasileios Polymeros (, born 20 February 1976 in

Volos Volos (; ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the Magnesia (regional unit), Magnesia regional unit of the Thessaly Region. Volos ...

) is a

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rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

. He won the bronze medal in

men's lightweight double sculls Lightweight rowing (abbreviated Lwt or Lt) is a category of rowing where limits are placed on the maximum body weight of competitors. According to the International Rowing Federation (FISA), this weight category was introduced "to encourage more u ...

with Nikolaos Skiathitis at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

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, Greece and the silver in

with Dimitrios Mougios at the

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

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, China.

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* * * * 1976 births Living people Greek male rowers Olympic rowers for Greece Olympic silver medalists for Greece Olympic bronze medalists for Greece Olympic medalists in rowing Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Greece European Rowing Championships medalists European champions for Greece Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games medalists in rowing Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from Volos {{Greece-rowing-bio-stub