Andreas Vazaios

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Andreas Vazaios
Personal information
National team Greece
Born (1994-05-09) 9 May 1994 (age 31)
Athens, Greece
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, Individual Medley, Freestyle
ClubANO Argyroupoli
OFN Ionias
College teamNC State University (NCSU)
CoachBraden Holloway (NCSU)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Greece
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
European Championships (LC) 1 0 1
European Championships (SC) 3 3 4
Mediterranean Games 3 4 2
European Junior Championships 1 1 1
World Junior Championships 0 2 0
Total 8 10 8
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place2016 London200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2024 Belgrade4x100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2024 Belgrade4x200 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place2019 Glasgow200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place2019 Glasgow200 m medley
Gold medal – first place2021 Kazan200 m medley
Silver medal – second place2017 Copenhagen200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place2017 Copenhagen200 m medley
Silver medal – second place2021 Kazan100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2015 Netanya100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2019 Glasgow100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2023 Otopeni4×50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2023 Otopeni100 m medley
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Tarragona200 m medley
Gold medal – first place2022 Oran200 m medley
Gold medal – first place2022 Oran4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2013 Mersin4x100 m medley
Silver medal – second place2018 Tarragona4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2022 Oran200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place2022 Oran4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2013 Mersin200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2018 Tarragona200 m butterfly
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 Antwerp100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place2012 Antwerp200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2011 Belgrade200 m medley
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2011 Lima200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place2011 Lima200 m medley
Representing the NC State Wolfpack
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
NCAA Championships 4 3 1
Total 4 3 1
By race
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
100 y backstroke 0 0 1
200 y butterfly 2 0 0
200 y medley 0 2 0
4×200 y freestyle 2 1 0
Total 4 3 1
NCAA Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Indianapolis4×200 y freestyle
Gold medal – first place2018 Minneapolis200 y butterfly
Gold medal – first place2018 Minneapolis4×200 y freestyle
Gold medal – first place2019 Austin200 y butterfly
Silver medal – second place2018 Minneapolis200 y medley
Silver medal – second place2019 Austin200 y medley
Silver medal – second place2019 Austin4×200 y freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2018 Minneapolis100 y backstroke

Andreas Vazaios (Greek: Ανδρέας Βαζαίος; born 9 May 1994 in Athens) is a Greek swimmer who competed for North Carolina State University under Head Coach Braden Holloway and participated in the 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 Summer Olympics. [1] An outstanding international competitor, he won 13 medals in the European Long and Short Course Championships from 2016-2023 including four golds in butterfly and medley events. As a collegiate swimmer for North Carolina State University, he placed 8 times in the NCAA Championships between 2017-2019 with four first place finishes in freestyle and butterfly events.[2]

Olympics

Vazaios competed for Greece in each of the Olympics from 2012-2024. He first competed for Greece in the 200 m individual medley event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he was eliminated after the qualifying heats.[3]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he participated in the men's 200 m individual medley event. He finished 9th in the heats with a time of 1:59.33. He qualified for the semifinals where he placed 11th overall with a time of 1:59.54 and did not qualify for the final.[4] He was a member of the men's 4 x 100 meter medley relay team which finished 8th in the second heat and 15th overall with a combined time of 3:36.75 and did not advance to the finals.[5]

Vazaios competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where he finished 15th overall in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay with a time of 3:15.29, 24th overall in the 200-meter individual medley with a time of 1:58.84, and 14th overall in the 4x100-meter medley relay with a time of 3:36.28.[2]

He also represented Greece in the Paris Olympics in 2024 in Heat 2 of the 4x200 freestyle relay with the team of Konstantinos Englezakis, Dimitris Markos, and Konstantinos Stamou, but placed fifth among stiff competition, and did not make the finals, finishing behind the British, Australians, Chinese, and Italian teams.[6][7][2]

Vazaios set a European record in Glasgow, Great Britain in the 200 m medley on 6 December 2019 of 1:50.85.[2]

North Carolina State

During his college years, Vazaios attended North Carolina State University where he swam primarily for Coach Braden Holloway, and briefly for Todd DeSorbo in 2017.[7][8] Vazaios was an All-American thirteen times at North Carolina State, captured Atlantic Coast Conference titles six times and won the 2018 Men’s Swimmer of the Year for the ACC.[9][2]

In 2019, while at NCSU, Andreas was named a 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year in the men's division, and had been named an Academic All American in several years.[9]

Post-college years

In 2020, he received an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, and worked towards an MA degree at the United Kingdom's Loughborough University in Sports and Exercise Psychology. He swam for a period with Loughborough University's team, while continuing to train for international competition.[9]

Andreas Vazaios was a member of the London Roar team, competing in Season 2 of the International Swimming League (ISL). The ISL is an annual professional swimming league featuring a team-based competition format with fast-paced race sessions.[4]

References

  1. ↑ London 2012 profile Archived 2012-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Olympedia Biography, Andreas Vazaios". olympedia.org. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  3. ↑ London 2012 profile Archived 2012-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  5. ↑ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  6. ↑ "Kampouris, Nick, Greek Reporter, Olympic Games Day 4: How Did Greece's Athletes Do?". greekreporter.com. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  7. 1 2 "July 19, 2024, Tim Peeler, North Carolina State, A Baker's Dozen Olympics". ncsu.edu. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  8. ↑ "NC State head swim coach leaves Olympics after mother falls ill on trip". wcnc.com. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 "Swimswam Magazine, 3 September 2020, Andreas Vazaios Selected as Chi Alpha Sigma Scholar Athlete of the Year". swimswam.com. Retrieved July 7, 2025.