Alexandros Nikolaidis Wife: Was Alexandros Nikolaidis Married?

Greece’s two-time Olympic silver medallist and flagbearer at London 2012 Alexandros Nikolaidis who had been battling with a rare form of cancer in the last two years was married at the time of death. However, details of his wife has not been made public yet.

Born on 17 October 1979, Nikolaidis passed away on 13 October 2022 at age 42, four days to his 43rd birthday after suffering from NUT carcinoma, an extremely rare type of cancer.

Nikolaidis won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics held in Athens after losing to Moon Dae-Sung of South Korea in the gold medal match.

Four years later at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he repeated the same feat, winning the Olympic silver medal in the +80 kg category, after losing to Cha Dong-Min of South Korea in the final.

In July 2011, he managed to secure a place at the 2012 Olympic Games by placing third in the 2011 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan by defeating Liu Xiaobo of China in the 3rd place play-off.

He famously carried the flag for Greece during the Parade of Nations at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

On 11 August 2012, Nikolaidis began and ended his Olympics participation in a “preliminary round” bout against Bahri Tanrikulu, losing 7–3 overall.

Nikolaidis retired in 2014 and aside his Olympic record, he won gold at the 1996 World Championships and clinched three European titles in 1996, 1997 and 2008.