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Dr. George Giatsis is a volleyball and
beach volleyball teacher who specializes in Sports Biomechanics, with an
emphasis on the vertical jump. He is teaching beach volleyball at
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (A.U.Th.), Greece since 1999.
Furthermore, he is teaching volleyball in Athletic school since 2004. Dr
Giatsis involving scientific research in a wide variety of areas of
beach volleyball and volleyball within biomechanics, statistic, energy
requirements, team performance and nutrition.
A native of Thessaloniki, Dr. Giatsis
earned his bachelor's degree in physical education at A.U.Th D.P.E.S.S.
in 1993. He obtained his Doctoral dissertation in 2004 from A.U.Th. The title of his thesis
is “Biomechanical
differences in elite beach-volleyball players in vertical jumps on rigid
and sand surface”.
Dr. Giatsis has
made numerous presentations and papers in scientific congresses and
journals. Furthermore, he is an author of a beach volleyball handbook.
George Giatsis retired from beach volleyball as a
player in 2006. He played
almost 200 tournaments in national and
international level since 1991. He had the all time career record of
medals and participations in Hellenic Beach Volleyball History
(1994 - 2006). He played in 49 finals with 24 victories. He finished 1st
in Hellenic ranking at 2001 and 2002, 2nd at 1998 and 3
rd at 1999, 2003, 2004. His best
international performance was a 2nd at Doha, Qatar, 1st
at Tunis, 9th and 25th at European finals, 3rd in
Balkan Championship and a 9th
at FIVB Challenger.
Furthermore, he is involving with coaching in beach volleyball with
various of players at FIVB and national level with a lot of
Championships in all ages. He cooperated with National Federation of Volleyball in
youth and junior program (2000-02).
Furthermore, he was the Head Coach in Volleyball teams since 1999. He
captured with his teams the 1st position three times and the 2nd
position two times. He was the Head Coach of Aris Thessaliki and
Filathlitikos Thessaloniki (A1 women) on 2004 and 2005 respectively.
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Short Biography |
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FIRST NAME: |
GEORGE |
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LAST NAME: |
GIATSIS |
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FATHER'S NAME: |
SOTIRIOS |
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MOTHER'S NAME: |
DESPINA |
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DATE OF BIRTHDAY: |
22
JUNE 1968 |
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PLACE OF BIRTHDAY: |
THESSALONIKI |
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COUNTRY: |
GREECE |
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HEIGHT: |
187
cm |
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WEIGHT: |
82
kg |
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EYES COLOR: |
BROWN |
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HAIR COLOR: |
LIGHT BROWN |
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HOBBIES: |
MOVIES, INTERNET, SCIENCE |
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EDUCATION: |
DIPLOMA
OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION &
SPORTS
SCIENCE
Ph.D
FROM ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY
OF
THESSALONIKI |
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Most Important Sports Achievements |
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BEACH VOLLEYBALL
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BV Championship Medals |
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Masters
4
14  18 
Open
19
10
11
International
1
2
1
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International BV Tournaments |
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2nd in Doha Qatar,
'02
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9th in FIVB Challenger in Albena, BUL '98
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9th in CEV Final in Rhodes, GRE '98
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25th in CEV Final in Mallorca, ESP '99
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1st in Tunis, '01
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3rd in Balkan Championship, GRE '01
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5th in Marina del Ray,CA, AAA AVCA, '97
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2nd in Doksy, Chech Rebublic, '05
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COACHING EXPERIENCE
Volleyball
Beach Volleyball
Most Important
Coaching Achievements
2007
Dimitriadis -
Papadimitriou: Champions of Greece
Champions U23 in
Greece
Knapek - Mourtzios:
1st place at Kerkyra
2nd in Santorini
Vanvoros An.: Champion of Northern Greece Cup
2006
Knapek - Mourtzios: 2nd place in Hellenic Ranking
Dimitriadis -
Papadimitriou: 3rd place in Hellenic Championship
Champions U23 in
Greece
2005
Knapek - Mourtzios: 2nd place in Hellenic Championship
2004
Knapek - Mourtzios: 3rd place in Hellenic Championship
Knapek - 5th place in CEV Championship U23 (with Gortsianouk)
2003
Knapek:
Champion of Greece (with Xenakis)
Mourtzios:
Champion U23 in Greece (with Sofokleous)
Michou -
Kouloumenta: 4th place in Hellenic Ranking
Niopas -
Dimitriadis: 1st place
in Balkan Champioship U21
2002
Knapek: 4th place
in FIVB World Championship U21 (with Gortsianouk)
Papadimitriou:
2nd place in FIVB World Championship U18
(with Gortsianouk)
Ordoulidou -
Sakkoula: 3rd place in Hellenic Ranking
Tsiartsiani:
Champion of Greece
(With Kitsou)
2001
Tsiartsiani -
Sakkoula: 4th place in Hellenic Ranking
Adramerinas -
Niopas: Champions of Greece U20
Niopas: 2nd place U18
(with Lazaridis)
2000
Tsiartsiani -
Lazaridou: 5th place in Hellenic Ranking
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