Dionysios Georgakopoulos (Greek: Διονύσιος Γεωργακόπουλος; born 16 April 1963 in Athens) is a Greek sport shooter.[2] He has been selected to compete for Greece in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and has won a total of two medals, a gold and a silver, in pistol shooting at a major international competition, spanning the 2001 and 2003 ISSF World Cup series.[1] Georgakopoulos is also a member of the shooting team at Ethnikos Gymnastikos Syllogos (English: Ethnikos Sports Gym) in his native Athens.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Dionysios Georgakopoulos |
| Nationality |  Greece |
| Born | 16 April 1963 Athens, Greece |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Shooting |
| Event(s) | 10 m air pistol (AP60) 50 m pistol (FP) |
| Club | Ethnikos G.S.[1] |
Georgakopoulos' Olympic debut came as a 37-year-old at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he finished seventeenth in the air pistol, and sixteenth in the free pistol, producing aggregate scores of 576 and 557 respectively.[3][4][5]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Georgakopoulos was named as part of the host nation's shooting team on his second consecutive Games, competing in both air and free pistol.[6] Although Greece had reserved a place in air pistol shooting, he got a minimum qualifying score of 556 to fill in the quota from his runner-up finish at the 2003 ISSF World Cup meet in Changwon, South Korea.[1][7][8] In his first event, the 10 m air pistol, Georgakopoulos fired a score of 572 to force a three-way tie with Spain's José Antonio Colado and Namibia's Friedhelm Sack for a distant thirty-third position, just four points away from his 2000 Olympic feat.[9] Three days later, in the 50 m pistol, Georgakopoulos shot a lowly 549 in the prelims to notch a twenty-eighth place draw with Thailand's Jakkrit Panichpatikum, ruling out of his contention for an Olympic final in front of the home crowd.[10]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "ISSF Profile – Dionissios Georgakopoulos". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dionissios Georgakopoulos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "Sydney 2000: Shooting – Men's 50m Pistol" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 62–64. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "Sydney 2000: Shooting – Men's 10m Air Pistol" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 59–61. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "Nancy Johnson wins first gold of Sydney Games". Canoe.ca. 16 September 2000. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ Kostas, Sotirios (28 April 2002). "Το ολυμπιακό βάθρο σημαδεύουν οι σκοπευτές" [Shooters aimed for the Olympic podium] (in Greek). To Vima. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Samaresh Jung misses quota place". The Hindu. 3 July 2003. Archived from the original on 26 September 2003. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "Shooting: Men's 10m Air Pistol Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "Shooting: Men's 50m Pistol Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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