PODCAST: World #1 Backstroker Apostolos Siskos on Training Alone, Choosing Not to Swim in NCAA
6/6/202634 min
Greece's Apostolos Siskos is on a roll right now. At the 2026 Acropolis Open in May, Siskos dropped the #1 time in the world (1:54.12) in the 200 back this year so far and broke an 11-year-old Greek record in the 200 fly (1:56.13). We sat down with the 20-year-old and talked about his approach to racing, training on his own, and his decision to forego coming to Harvard to stay and train in Greece.
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Welcome to The Swim Swam Podcast. I'm today's host, Coleman Hodges, and joining us today, he is the Greek record-holder in the 200 backstroke and the 200 butterfly. Most recently, swimming to a 1:54.12 in the 200 back to rank number one in the world this year, as well as take down a over-decade-old Greek record in the 200 butterfly at 1:56.13. Today, we're talking to Apostolos Siskos.
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[upbeat music] I'm a simple man. Don't wanna complicate ya. Complicate ya. Compli- compli- com- com- com- com. Simple, wanna. Ooh. Simple, wanna. Ooh. Simple, wanna. Ooh. Simple, wanna complicate ya. Simple, wanna.
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