Dimitrios Senikidis

Dimitrios Senikidis is a Greek Paralympic athlete with an intellectual disability competing in shot put events.^[1] He represented Greece at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the silver medal in the men's shot put F20 event.^[1]^[2]

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He represented Greece at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore. He competed in the boys' shot put event. At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships held in Doha, Qatar, he won the silver medal in the men's shot put F20 event.^[3] The following year, he won the gold medal in the men's shot put F20 event at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships held in Grosseto, Italy.^[4]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Greece
2015	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd	Shot put	15.45
2016	European Championships	Grosseto, Italy	1st	Shot put	15.46
2016	Summer Paralympics	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2nd	Shot put	16.17

^ ^a ^b "Dimitrios Senikidis". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
^ Morgan, Liam (10 September 2016). "Malaysia end long wait for Paralympic gold with two in one night of athletics action at Rio 2016". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
^ "Results - Men's Shot Put F20 Final". IPC. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
^ "Men's shot put F20" (PDF). 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2020.