Alexandros Nikolaidis

Alexandros Nikolaidis

Medal record
Men's Taekwondo
Representing Greece
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	+80 kg
	2008 Beijing	+80 kg
World Championships
	1996 Barcelona	Welterweight
European Championships
	1996 Zagreb	Welterweight
	1997 Patra	Welterweight
	2008 Rome	Heavyweight
	2010 Saint Petersburg	Heavyweight
Mediterranean Games
	2013 Mersin	Heavyweight

Alexandros Nikolaidis (born October 17, 1979 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek taekwondo athlete. Initially the home favorite, he eventually won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics held in Athens after losing to Moon Dae-Sung of South Korea in the gold medal match.

On March 24, 2008 Alexandros Nikolaidis had the honour to be the first torch-bearer of the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay.

Later in the same year on April 11, he won the European Championship in Rome.

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. He carried the flag for Greece during the Parade of Nations at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

On the 11th of August, Nikolaidis began his Olympics in a preliminary round bout against Bahri Tanrikulu. Nikolaidis lost 7-3 overall to end his Olympic participation in 2012.

References

Olympic Games
Preceded by Ilias Iliadis	Flagbearer for Greece London 2012	Succeeded by Incumbent