Christoforos Rompinson

Christoforos Rompinson also listed as Khristoforos Robinson and Chris Robinson

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 4", Weight 198 lb.

• School University of Kentucky

• Born August 18, 1972 in Athens, Attica Greece

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Christoforos Rompinson was the only member of Greece's team in the 2004 Olympics who was actually born in Greece.

His father was Tom Robinson, who went to Greece while in the US military, and met Chris's mother there. Chris was born in Athens and grew up there. He came to the US on a college basketball scholarship to Kentucky. He then returned to Greece, where he played baseball for AS Spartakos Glyfada. In the 2002 European Championship B Pool, he was the lone native-born Greek on the first Greek national team. He hit .222 with two runs in five games. Dimitrios Douros was the only other player on the team active in Greek baseball, though Douros had been born in the US.

Rompinson did not make the Greek roster for the 2003 European Championship but returned to the team for the 2004 Olympics. He made his lone appearance for the host nation in a 6-1 loss to Japan. Relieving Sean Spencer in the top of the 9th with the 6-1 final score already in place, Christoforos walked Kosuke Fukudome and Makoto Kaneko before being replaced on the hill by Nick Markakis.

Rompinson played for Greece in the 2005 European Championship. In the 2008 European Championship Qualifiers, the 36-year-old was Greece's fourth-oldest player. He appeared in two games. In a 11-3 win over Portugal, he started in right field and went 0 for 5 with a RBI but got the win in relief of A.J. Brack, allowing one hit, five walks and three runs in five innings while fanning six. In the 5-1 win over Ireland, he hit cleanup and played DH, going 1 for 3 with a walk and RBI while allowing one hit and one run in three innings for the save. He had the lowest opponent average in the qualifier, which Greece won to advance to the 2010 European Championship.