Sideris Tasiadis
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Nationality | German | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Augsburg, West Germany | 7 May 1990|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Canoe slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | No. 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | C1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Kanu Schwaben Augsburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sideris Tasiadis (born 7 May 1990) is a German slalom canoeist of Greek descent who has competed at the international level since 2005.Son of greeks him lived in Thrace, Greece at the village Komara for 10 years during his childhood.
Career
In 2012, he won a silver medal in the men's C1 at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London behind Tony Estanguet (FRA) and beating two-time Olympic champion Michal Martikán (SVK). He finished fifth in the C1 event four years later at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Tasiadis earned a second Olympic medal in the C1 event by finishing third at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
He also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with one gold (C1: 2022), four silvers (C1 team: 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015) and a bronze (C1: 2018). Tasiadis won 12 medals at the European Championships (3 golds, 6 silvers and 3 bronzes).
Tasiadis won the overall World Cup title in the C1 class in 2013 and 2017. He is currently the No. 1-ranked athlete by the ICF, having held that position since 2018.
World Cup individual podiums
Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event |
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2009 | 12 July 2009 | Augsburg | 2nd | C1 |
2010 | 4 July 2010 | Augsburg | 3rd | C1 |
2013 | 29 June 2013 | Augsburg | 3rd | C1 |
6 July 2013 | La Seu d'Urgell | 3rd | C1 | |
2017 | 18 June 2017 | Prague | 1st | C1 |
25 June 2017 | Augsburg | 2nd | C1 | |
2 July 2017 | Markkleeberg | 2nd | C1 | |
3 September 2017 | Ivrea | 1st | C1 | |
2018 | 23 June 2018 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 1st | C1 |
7 July 2018 | Augsburg | 1st | C1 | |
1 September 2018 | Tacen | 1st | C1 | |
2019 | 15 June 2019 | Lee Valley | 1st | C1 |
2021 | 20 Jun 2021 | Markkleeberg | 2nd | C1 |
Personal life
Tasiadis dated slalom canoeist Claudia Bär until her death in 2015 after a two-year battle with leukemia.
- German male canoeists
- Living people
- 1990 births
- Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- German people of Greek descent
- Olympic canoeists of Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for Germany
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
- Sportspeople from Augsburg
- German canoeing Olympic medalist stubs