Alexandros Nikolaidis
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Taekwondo | ||
Competitor for  Greece |
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 2004 Athens | +80 kg |
| Silver | 2008 Beijing | +80 kg |
| European Championships | ||
| Gold | 2008 Rome | Heavyweight |
| Bronze | 2010 Saint Petersburg | Heavyweight |
Alexandros Nikolaidis (born October 17, 1979 in Thessaloniki) is an Olympic taekwondo athlete from Greece. Initially the favorite,[citation needed] he eventually won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics held in Athens after losing from his opponent and eventual gold medalist, Moon Dae-Sung of South Korea.
On March 24, 2008 Alexandros Nikolaidis had the honour to be the first torchbearer of the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay.[1]
Later in the same year on April 11, he won the European Championship in Rome after four promising fights.
Another big moment of his sports career came up in Beijing. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Nikolaidis won another Olympic silver medal in the +80 kg category, after losing to Cha Dong-Min of South Korea in the final.
In July 2011 he managed to secure a place at the 2012 Olympic Games by placing third in the 2011 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan by defeating Liu Xiaobo of China in the 3rd place play-off
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- ^ Olympic Flame begins relay in Greece at the Official Website of the Torch Relay
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- Living people
- People from Thessaloniki
- Greek taekwondo practitioners
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Greece
- Olympic silver medalists for Greece
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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