Ioannis Drymonakos

Ioannis Drymonakos (born 18 January 1984) is a Greek swimmer from Athens.[1] He became the first ever Greek swimmer to hold a European swimming record by clocking a time of 1:54.16 seconds in 200 m butterfly event of the 2008 European Aquatics Championships final on 21 March 2008.[2]

Ioannis Drymonakos

Personal information
Full name	Ioannis Drymonakos
Nationality	Greece
Born	18 January 1984 Athens, Greece
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Club	G.S. Peristeri
Medal record World Championships (SC) 2008 Manchester 400 m indiv. medley World Swimming Cup (SC) 2007 Berlin 400 m indiv. medley World Masters Championships 2019 Gwangju 400 m indiv. medley 2019 Gwangju 200 m indiv. medley 2019 Gwangju 100 m butterfly European Championships (LC) 2008 Eindhoven 200 m butterfly 2006 Budapest 200 m butterfly 2008 Eindhoven 400 m indiv. medley 2010 Budapest 200 m butterfly 2012 Debrecen 200 m butterfly 2012 Debrecen 400 m medley European Championships (SC) 2007 Debrecen 200 m butterfly 2007 Debrecen 400 m indiv. medley 2006 Helsinki 400 m indiv. medley Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería 200 m butterfly 2005 Almería 400 m indiv. medley

In 2008, a few days before the Beijing Olympic Games he tested positive for banned drugs during a doping-control test.[3]

He was then acquitted of all charges for use of banned substances by the court, that decided it was impossible for him to procure the substance M3 [11]. He came back in 2010 winning the bronze medal at the European Championship in Budapest in the event of 200 m butterfly.

In 2012 he won two more bronze medals at the European Championship in Debrecen. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he competed in the 200-meter butterfly where he placed 15th overall.

In 2015, Ioannis Drymonakos participated at the Arena Pro Swim Series at Charlotte by U.S.A swimming during his effort to get to 2016 Summer Olympics and taking the competitive advantage among many distinguished athletes such as Michael Phelps. He competed in Friday's (May 15) 400 meters Men IM making it in 04:20.26 and breaking his personal record for over 2 seconds to hold the 4th place. On Saturday's (May 16) 200 meters Men Butterfly made it in 1:59:61 holding the 5th place.

In 2018 he competed in the Survivor reality contest.

References

1. "200-Fly-M" (PDF). LEN. 31 March 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
2. "The 'Day of the Greeks'". LEN. 31 March 2008. Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
3. "Internet trade catches Greeks". The Australian. 18 August 2008.

Sources

• Giota Kounali, "duo-fores-nikhse-ton-felps-o-drymwnakos", Sport24.gr, Athens 2015.