Nationality Greece Number 6 Weight 82 kg (181 lb) Name Vasileios Kournetas | Spike 336 cm (132 in) Role Olympic athlete Block 320 cm (130 in) Height 1.92 m | |
Born 2 August 1976 (age 47) ( 1976-08-02 ) Olympic medals Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament Similar People Andrej Kravarik, Matej Cernic, Pablo Meana, Clayton Stanley | ||
Vasileios "Vasilis" Kournetas (Greek: Βασίλειος Κουρνέτας, born (1976-08-02)2 August 1976) is a retired Greek volleyball player. A long-standing member of Greece men's national volleyball team, he played in more than 270 games with the Greek team and he competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, finishing at the fifth place. He played in Greece for Olympiacos Piraeus, PAOK, E.A. Patras, Foinikas Syros V.C. and Filia Ilioupolis as well as in Russia for Lokomotiv Belgorod. He announced his retirement from volleyball courts on 5 May 2016. As a key member of Olympiacos for 14 years (1996-2009, 2013-2014) he won 1 CEV Cup, 7 Greek Championships, 6 Greek Cups, 1 Greek Super Cup and reached the final of the 2001–02 CEV Champions League with the Reds. He also won the 2012 Greek League Cup with Foinikas Syros as well as 2 Greek Championships and 1 Greek Cup with PAOK in the two final seasons of his professional career (2014-2016).