Dimitra Asilian
Dimitra Asilian is a retired female Greek water polo player of Armenian descent and Olympic silver medalist with the Greece women's national [water polo team].
She received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
She scored 8 goals at the 1999 Women's European [Water Polo Championship] in Prato, where Greece finished 5th.
At club level, Asilian started swimming at Greek powerhouse Olympiacos Women's [Water Polo Team|Olympiacos] youth Academy at the age of 6. Olympiacos women's water polo department was founded in 1988 and Asilian went on to play for Olympiacos for a total of 29 years before her retirement at the end of 2006–2007 season at age 35. Asilian is the record goalscorer in the history of the Greek Women's Water Polo League with 703 goals, a record she achieved in a 15-year span. She won 2 Greek Championships and the fourth place in the 1995–96 LEN [Euro League Women|LEN European Cup] with Olympiacos.