Greece at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Greece at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Greece at the; 2020 Summer Paralympics
	Flag of Greece
IPC code	GRE
NPC	Hellenic Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.gr
in Tokyo, Japan; 24 August 2021 – 5 September 2021
Competitors	43 in 11 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Athanasios Konstantinidis ; Anna Ntenta
Flag bearers (closing)	Athanasios Ghavelas ; Sotiriοs Garaganis
Medals	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 7 Total 11
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Greece competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.^[1]

Medalists edit

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Athanasios Ghavelas Guide: Sotiriοs Garaganis	Athletics	Men's 100 metres T11	2 September
Silver	Athanasios Konstantinidis	Athletics	Men's club throw F32	28 August
Silver	Grigorios Polychronidis	Boccia	Mixed individual BC3	1 September
Silver	Athanasios Prodromou	Athletics	Men's long jump T20	4 September
Bronze	Panagiotis Triantafyllou	Wheelchair fencing	Men's sabre B	25 August
Bronze	Dimosthenis Michalentzakis	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle S8	25 August
Bronze	Dimitrios Bakochristos	Powerlifting	Men's 54 kg	26 August
Bronze	Antonios Tsapatakis	Swimming	Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB4	29 August
Bronze	Efstratios Nikolaidis	Athletics	Men's shot put F20	31 August
Bronze	Alexandra Stamatopoulou	Swimming	Women's 50 metre backstroke S4	3 September
Bronze	Grigorios Polychronidis Anna Ntenta Anastasia Pyrgioti	Boccia	Mixed pairs BC3	4 September

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Grigorios Polychronidis	Boccia	0	1	1	2

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	1	2	1	4
Boccia	0	1	1	2
Swimming	0	0	3	3
Powerlifting	0	0	1	1
Wheelchair Fencing	0	0	1	1
Total	1	3	7	11

Archery edit

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dorothea Poimenidou	Individual Recurve Open	586 SB	7						4

Athletics edit

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Athanasios Ghavelas Guide: Sotiriοs Garaganis	100m T11	10.88 Q,WR	1	10.82 WR
Michail Seitis	100m T64	11.66 SB	13	Did not advance
Michail Seitis	200m T64	22.95 Q SB	7	22.87 SB	6

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Che Jon Fernandes	Shot put F53	7.63 SB	5
Konstantinos Junis	Discus throw F56	42.86 AR	4
Konstantinos Kamaras	Long jump T37	5.95	6
Athanasios Konstantinidis	Club throw F32	38.63
Athanasios Konstantinidis	Shot put F32	9.58	6
Stylianos Malakopoulos	Long jump T64	7.04 =WR	4
Efstratios Nikolaidis	Shot put F20	15.93
Leontios Stefanidis	Shot put F20	15.75 PB	4
Athanasios Prodromou	Long jump T20	7.17 PB
Manolis Stefanoudakis	Javelin throw F54	30.45	4

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Anthi Liagkou	Shot put F33	5.25	-	8
Zoi Mantoudi	Shot put F20	13.47 NR	-	6
Styliani Smaragdi	Long jump T47	5.19	-	6

Boccia edit

Grigoris Polychronidis, Anastasia Pyrgiotis and Anna Ntenta have all qualified for the Games..

Individual

Athlete	Event	Pool Matches				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Grigorios Polychronidis	Mixed Ιndividual BC3			—
Anna Ntenta				—	Did not advance
Anastasia Pyrgioti				—	Did not advance

Pairs and Teams

Athlete	Event	Pool matches				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Grigorios Polychronidis Anna Ntenta Anastasia Pyrgioti	Mixed Pairs BC3					—

Cycling edit

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Nikolaos Papagelis	Men's road time trial C2	37:55.05	7
Aikaterini El Latif	Women's road time trial T1-2	1:32.08	6

Judo edit

Theodora Paschalidou has qualified for the Games.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Theodora Paschalidou	Women's 70 kg		Did not advance			7

Powerlifting edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Dimitrios Bakochristos	−54 kg	165
Paschalis Kouloumoglou	−59 kg	163	7
Gkremislav Moysiadis	−80 kg	187	7
Kostantinos Dimou	+107kg	218	5

Shooting edit

Greece entered one athletes into the Paralympic competition. Sotirios Galogavros successfully break the Paralympic qualification at the 2019 WSPS World Championships which was held in Sydney, Australia.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Sotirios Galogavros	Mixed R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1	612,6	11	-	-

Swimming edit

Twelve Greek swimmers are qualified to compete.^[3]^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Panagiotis Christakis	50m butterfly SM6	36.84		Did not advance	15
200m medley SM6	2:56.75		Did not advance	12
Dimitrios Karypidis	100m backstroke S1			2:58.07 PB	4
Ioannis Kostakis	150m medley SM3			3:43.75	8
50m breaststroke SB2			1:08.73	6
200m freestyle S3	4:31.22	6	Did not advance	12
Alexandros-Stylianos Lergios	200m freestyle S5
Gerasimos Lignos	100m backstroke S13	1:06.76		Did not advance	12
Aristeidis Makrodimitris	200m freestyle S2	-	-	4:44.53	7
50m backstroke S2	1:04.01	8 Q	1:03.28	7
100m backstroke S2			2:14.54 PB	5
Dimosthenis Michalentzakis	100 m freestyle S8	59.49	2 Q	58.73
200m medley SM8			2:27.57	6
100m butterfly S8	1:05.69	5	Did not advance	9
Charalampos Taiganidis	100 m backstroke S12			1:02.16	4
Antonios Tsapatakis	100 m breaststroke SB4			1:40:20

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Efthymia Gkouli	100m breaststroke SB8			1:31.57	8
Alexandra Stamatopoulou	50m backstroke S4	48.36	2 Q	49.63
50m freestyle S4	46.61	5	Did not advance	9
Maria Tsakona	100m breaststroke SB5	2:02.32		Did not advance	10

Table tennis edit

Marios Chatzikyriakos has qualified for the Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marios Chatzikyriakos	Individual C6

Wheelchair fencing edit

Vasilis Dounis and Panagiotis Triantafyllou have qualified for the Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Pool matches		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Vasileios Ntounis	Sabre A
Panagiotis Triantafyllou	Sabre B

Wheelchair tennis edit

Greece qualified two players entries for wheelchair tennis. All of them qualified by the world rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stefanos Diamantis	Men's singles	Gergely (SVK) L 6⁴–7, 6–3, 0–6	Did not advance

References edit

^ "The Greek Team for the Tokyo Paralympic Games has been announced". Paralympicus. 21 July 2021.
^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
^ "2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Medallists by Event" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 September 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 July 2020.
^ "World Championships Slot Allocation Method" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 14 October 2019.

[1] "The Greek Team for the Tokyo Paralympic Games has been announced". Paralympicus. 21 July 2021.

[2] "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.

[medalists_world_para_swimming_championships_2019-3] "2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Medallists by Event" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 September 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 July 2020.

[4] "World Championships Slot Allocation Method" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 14 October 2019.

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