Nikitas Kocheilas

Nikitas Kocheilas (Greek: Νικήτας Κόχειλας; born 1 March 1983)[1] is a Greek water polo player. As a member of Greece men's national water polo team, he won the bronze medal at the 2006 FINA World League[2] and competed at the 2006 European Championship,[3] the 2006 FINA World Cup and the 2008 FINA World League.[4] Kocheilas was also part of the Greek national team that was crowned World Champion at the 2001 Junior World Championship in Istanbul.[5][6]

Nikitas Kocheilas

Personal information
Nationality	Greek
Born	March 1, 1983 Greece
Sport
Sport	Water polo
Medal record Men's water polo Representing  Greece FINA World League 2006 Athens Team competition FINA Junior World Championships 2001 Istanbul Team competition

At club level, Kocheilas played most notably for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos from 2004 to 2011,[7][8] winning 6 Greek Championships (2005, 2007–2011), 6 Greek Cups (2006, 2007–2011) and the fourth place at the 2006–07 LEN Euroleague.[9]

References

1. Νικήτας Κόχειλας. water-polo.studioidea.gr (in Greek)
2. Πόλο, το εθνικό μας άθλημα - Εθνική Ομάδα ανδρών: Χάλκινο μετάλλιο στο World League 2006 (Ελλάδα). we24.gr (in Greek)
3. 2006 European Championship Greece-Germany. waterpolo.sportresult.com
4. Water polo: Superfinal of Men’s FINA World League 2008 kick off in Genova. en.olympic.cn, 18 June 2008
5. 2001: Δεκαπέντε χρόνια πού «πήραμε» την Πόλη. waterpolonews.gr, 19 August 2016 (in Greek)
6. Οι μικροί που συγκλόνησαν την Ελλάδα. sportdog.gr, 19 August 2012 (in Greek)
7. Athlitiki Icho "Αθλητική Ηχώ" newspaper archive, 2 October 2004, page 64: Το πάρε-δώσε στην Α1 ανδρών (in Greek)
8. Τα ρόστερ των ομάδων. contra.gr, 3 October 2011 (in Greek)
9. "Το προφίλ των τεσσάρων φιναλίστ". contra.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 12 January 2017.