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| Nikitas Kocheilas | |
| Nationality: | Greek |
| Birth Date: | March 1, 1983 |
| Birth Place: | Greece |
| Sport: | Water polo |
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Nikitas Kocheilas (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Νικήτας Κόχειλας; born 1 March 1983)[1] is a Greek water polo player. As a member of Greece men's national water polo team, he won the bronze medal at the 2006 FINA World League[2] and competed at the 2006 European Championship,[3] the 2006 FINA World Cup and the 2008 FINA World League.[4] Kocheilas was also part of the Greece men's national water polo team that was the Champion at the 2001 Junior World Championship in Istanbul.[5] [6]
At club level, Kocheilas started his career in 1998 with Ethnikos Piraeus (along with his brother Giannis) with whom he played from 1998–2003, 2015–2017 and 2021–2022 winning the 2000 Greek Cup. He played most notably also for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos from 2004 to 2011,[7] [8] winning 6 Greek Championships (2005, 2007–2011), 6 Greek Cups (2006, 2007–2011) and the fourth place at the 2006–07 LEN Euroleague.[9] He has also played for Panathinaikos, PAOK, Palaio Faliro and Ydraikos.