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Nikolaos Polychroniou

Throws
Position
Graduate Student
Class
Athens, Greece
Hometown
Ellinogermaniki Agogi
High School
USC
Previous School
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Nikolaos Polychroniou - Track & Field - Virginia Cavaliers

Prior to UVA
• Attended University of Southern California (USC)
• Most Improved Mens Athlete Award 2023
• First Team All-American D1 in 2023 and 2024
• USC track & field team captain
• Deans List
• Social chair at the Christian Orthodox Fellowship club at USC
• Co-founder of his own business while being a student athlete at USC

Background
• Finished 4th at the World U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia in 2022
• Greek National U16, U18 and U20 Champion
• Worlds best performance in the U18 hammer throw in 2020

Personal
• Born in Athens, Greece
• Graduated from Ellinogermaniki Agogi high school
• Father, Christos Polychroniou, is two time olympian (1996, 2000) competing in hammer thrower