Reds completed the first double in their history, winning the Greek Cup, while they did very well in the Cup Winner's Cup as well, reaching the last 8. Went to five Olympics. In the moment, he overcame the racism of his own country and the rising hatred in another. In the playoffs, they reached the finals, after eliminating Aris in the semi-finals (3–1 series win). Tyus Edney earned EuroLeague February MVP honors, as well as ranking third in assists at the end of the regular season and second in the Top 16. The game was played under zone-friendly European rules (the games between NBA and FIBA teams were played under a mixture of NBA and FIBA rules at that time), but, out of respect for the Bulls, Olympiacos never used a zone defense. Chose instead to compete at 400-meters even though he had not been especially competitive in the event internationally. Olympiacos officially relegated to Second Division. 31. In the first match in Athens, Olympiacos took a tight 66–65 win and held the advantage. Nine gold. In 1978 the team did their second double in 3 years, winning both the Greek championship (losing only 1 game) and their third Greek cup in a row, beating AEK 103–88 in the final. He then fell down. Johnny Weismuller, Swimming, United States. Vezzali is now a member of the Italian parliament. They have also participated in ten EuroLeague Final Fours. Printezis scored a game-winner, off an assist from Spanoulis, with a few tenths of a second left, to complete the epic comeback, and give Olympiacos the win, and the second EuroLeague Championship in their history. Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), Boxing, United States. But more: “I believe in me more than anything in this world.”. And again. Biondi won 11 medals, eight of them gold. Olympiacos have a total of 56 players in their home squad. Olympiacos lost 58–55 in Neo Faliro, marking the first ever defeat for the team in Peace and Friendship Stadium during the Greek playoffs. Jim Thorpe, Track and Field, United States. Lisa Leslie, Teresa Edwards, Diana Taurasi, Basketball, United States. In the EuroLeague, they reached the quarter-finals, where they played against Real Madrid, the very team they had beaten in the previous year's final. Thus joining Toni Kukoč, as the only two players in history to achieve that distinction on three occasions. Her 10.0 score on the uneven parallel bars (marked 1.0 because the scoring device did not have place for enough digits) broke open the possibility that an athlete could, in a small way, be perfect. Seven golds. He ran into the stadium for the last 400 meters, and he did not even know where he was. Five times in all, Pietri fell, though his lead was so big that nobody else entered the stadium. The Reds didn't have the chance to defend their crown and they ended up in third place, with a 3–1 series win over AEK. Kiraly then returned at age 36 for beach volleyball, and he teamed up with Kent Steffes to win a third gold medal. Olympiacos returned to the EuroLeague Final after 1997, facing Regal FC Barcelona, the very team they had beaten in the 1997 Final. This remains the world record. Olympiacos finished 6th, winning only one game, the 79–77 home victory against Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv. The club's season was only moderately successful however, as they reached the finals of both the Greek Cup and the Greek Championship. In Rio, she will try to become only the the third woman to win the 200- and 400-meter double. At the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, he was leading the marathon by at least five minutes when he got sick and had to stop. They became the first ever Greek club that reached the EuroLeague Final, being runners-up in two consecutive seasons (1994 and 1995), winning their first EuroLeague title in 1997, after a convincing 73–58 win to Barcelona in Rome, which was a record margin win at the time for one-leg final in the competition's history. [20][21] Olympiacos lifted the trophy in front of their ecstatic fans from the Greek community of Brazil, and celebrated their third international title in less than 2 years. “He’s like the Kobe or Jordan of Europe,” Antetokounmpo said . As European Champions, they played against the back-to-back NBA champions, the Chicago Bulls, in the final of the 1997 McDonald's Championship in Paris. Sir Steve Redgrave, Rowing, Great Britain. Domestically, they had a very successful season, as they managed to celebrate the Double, winning an extremely competitive Greek Championship with 3–2 wins against PAOK Bravo of Bane Prelević, Walter Berry and Zoran Savić -who had been crowned FIBA Korać Cup champions two months earlier- and the Greek Cup as well, beating Stiebel Eltron Iraklis 63–51 in the final in SEF. The two-game aggregate score series was hosted in Ginásio José Corrêa Arena, in Barueri, São Paulo, and Olympiacos dominated the series. In the 1991–92 season, record holding Greek basketball coach Giannis Ioannidis left Aris to manage Olympiacos, the torpid giant, and created a tough, team-oriented, offensive basketball team. Olympiacos has been established as one of the most successful clubs in Greek basketball history and one of the most successful clubs in European basketball, having won three EuroLeagues, one FIBA Intercontinental Cup, one Triple Crown, twelve Greek League titles and nine Greek Cups. 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