Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis

Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis
Personal information
Born (1999-11-19) 19 November 1999
Chios, Greece
Nationality Greek
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Position Wing
Handedness Right
Club information
Current team Panathinaikos
Number 5
Youth career
–2017
 NO Chios
Senior clubs
Years Team
2017–2022
 NC Vouliagmeni
2022–2025
 Panionios[1]
2025–
 Panathinaikos[2]
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing  Greece
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoTeam
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 FukuokaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2025 SingaporeTeam
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2026 Belgrade
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2026 Sydney
FINA World League
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tbilisi
Youth World Championship
Gold medal – first place2017 Belgrade
Gold medal – first place2019 Kuwait
Youth European Championship
Gold medal – first place2018 Minsk

Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γκιουβέτσης; born 19 November 1999) is a Greek international water polo player who plays as a wing for Panathinaikos A.C. and the Greece men's national water polo team.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

He was a member of the Greek team that won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the first Olympic medal in the history of the Greece men's national water polo team.[9][10][11]

Early life

He was born in Chios on 19 November 1999. He developed through the youth academy of NO Chios before establishing himself as one of Greece's leading young water polo players.[12]

Career

Gkiouvetsis began his senior career with NO Chios. In 2017 he transferred to NC Vouliagmeni, where he became a regular player in the Greek Water Polo League. In 2022 he joined Panionios, helping the club return to the top level of Greek water polo. In 2025 he signed for Panathinaikos.[13][14]

Gkiouvetsis represented Greece at youth level, winning two FINA World Men's U20 Championship titles in 2017 and 2019. He also won the European Junior Championship with Greece in 2018.[15]

He made his senior international debut in 2020 and was selected for the Greek squad at the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Greece reached the Olympic final for the first time before losing to Serbia, earning the silver medal.[16] At the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Gkiouvetsis helped Greece reach the final, where the team finished with the silver medal after losing to Hungary in a penalty shootout.[17]

He was also a member of the Greek team that won the bronze medal at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, defeating Serbia in the third-place match.[18] In July 2026, he helped Greece reach to the final of the 2026 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup, held in Sydney, having a key role in the games, especially in the semifinal game against Italy.

Honours

Greece

  • Olympic Games
    • Silver medal: 2020
  • World Aquatics Championships
    • Silver medal: 2023
    • Bronze medal: 2025
  • World Cup
    • Gold medal: 2026

Greece U20

  • World Men's U20 Championship:
    • Gold medal: 2017
    • Gold medal: 2019

References

  1. ↑ "Ο Πανιώνιος πήρε τον Γκιουβέτση από τη Βουλιαγμένη". Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Στον Παναθηναϊκό ο Γκιουβέτσης!". Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ ΓΚΙΟΥΒΕΤΣΗΣ / ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΑΝΔΡΩΝ: «Κάναμε το καθήκον μας στην υπηρεσία της ελληνικής κοινωνίας»" (in Greek). Κολυμβητική Ομοσπονδία Ελλάδας (KOE). 23 February 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "ROAD TO TOKYO / ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ ΓΚΙΟΥΒΕΤΣΗΣ: «Θα δώσουμε το 100% των δυνατοτήτων μας»" (in Greek). Κολυμβητική Ομοσπονδία Ελλάδας (KOE). 14 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Στον Παναθηναϊκό ο Γκιουβέτσης!" (in Greek). Panathinaikos A.O. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Πόλο: Παναθηναϊκός και Γκιουβέτσης συμφώνησαν για τη νέα σεζόν" (in Greek). Gazzetta.gr. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Κώστας Γκιουβέτσης" (in Greek). Gazzetta.gr. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "Κώστας Γκιουβέτσης - Σύλλογος Ελλήνων Ολυμπιονικών" (in Greek). Σύλλογος Ελλήνων Ολυμπιονικών. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis". World Aquatics. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Waterpolo - equipo de Grecia | Juegos Olímpicos de Tokyo 2020" (in Spanish). RTVE. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  12. ↑ "Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis". Olympedia.
  13. ↑ "Panionios sign Gkiouvetsis from Vouliagmeni" (in Greek). Gazzetta.gr.
  14. ↑ "Panathinaikos complete signing of Gkiouvetsis" (in Greek). Sport24.gr.
  15. ↑ "Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis – Medals". World Aquatics.
  16. ↑ "Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis". Olympedia.
  17. ↑ "Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis – Medals". World Aquatics.
  18. ↑ "Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis – Medals". World Aquatics.
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