Personal information | |
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Nationality |
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Born |
Chania, Crete, Greece |
10 September 1970
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Shooting |
Event(s) | Skeet |
Club | SKOE |
Coached by | John Loverdos |
Georgios Salavantakis (Greek: Γεώργιος Σαλαβαντάκης; born September 10, 1970 in Chania, Crete) is a Greek sport shooter. He won a gold medal in men's skeet shooting at the 2004 ISSF World Cup series in Sydney, Australia, with a total score of 148 points.
Salavantakis represented the host nation Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed twenty-first in men's skeet shooting, with a total score of 120 points, tying his position with seven other shooters, including former Olympic champion Ennio Falco of Italy, and five-time Olympian Guillermo Alfredo Torres of Cuba.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Salavantakis competed for the second time, as a 38-year-old, in men's skeet shooting. He finished only in thirty-third place by one point behind Ukraine's Mikola Milchev from the final attempt, for a total score of 109 points.