Marios Giourdas

Marios Giourdas (sometimes written as Gkiourdas) (born 2 March 1973)[1] is a former Greek male volleyball player. He was part of the Greece men's national volleyball team. He competed with the national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.[2] At club level, he played most notably for Olympiacos, Parma and Iraklis. Giourdas is also a firefighter in Athens. In 2016, at a fire near Pireaus, he, along with other firefighters, saved nine people and a baby.[3]

Marios Giourdas
Personal information
Nationality	Greece
Born	2 March 1973 Alexandroupoli
Height	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Spike	356 cm (140 in)
Block	341 cm (134 in)
Career
Years Teams 1991–1994 1994–2003 2003–2004 2004–2006 2006–2007 2007–2009 2009–2010 2010–2013 Ethnikos Alexandroupolis Olympiacos Unimade Parma Iraklis Thessaloniki Olympiacos EA Patras Ethnikos Alexandroupolis AONS Milon
National team
Greece

Clubs

• Ethnikos Alexandroupolis (1987-1989)
• GE Alexandroupolis (1989-1991)
• Ethnikos Alexandroupolis (1991-1995)
• Olympiacos Piraeus (1995-2003)
• Unimade Parma (2003-2004)[4]
• Iraklis Thessaloniki (2004-2006)
• Olympiacos Piraeus (2006-2007)
• EA Patras (2007-2009)
• Ethnikos Alexandroupolis (2009-2010)
• AONS Milon (2010-2013)

See also

• Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Marios Giourdas". volleyball-movies.net. 20 January 2017.
2. "Greece men's volleyball roster at FIVB.com". 2004 Athens. FIVB. 18 September 2015.
3. Απίστευτο: Ήρωας ο πυροσβέστης Γκιούρδας contra.gr (in Greek)
4. Marios Giourdas legavolley.it (in Italian)

External links

• profile, club career, info at greekvolley.gr (in Greek)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marios Giourdas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.