Athanasios Ghavelas

Athanasios Ghavelas

Personal information
Nationality	Greek
Born	(1999-12-19) 19 December 1999 (age 25)
Sport
Country	Greece
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Disability class	T11
Event(s)	100 metres, 60 metres, 200 metres
Coached by	Nestoras Kolovos
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100m: 10.82s WR (2021) 60m: 7.10s WR (2022) [1] 200m: 22.79s WR (2022) [2]
Medal record Men's para-athletics Representing   Greece Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo 100 m T11 2024 Paris 100 m T11 World Championships 2023 Paris 100 m T11 2025 New Delhi 100 m T11 European Championships 2018 Berlin 100 m T12 2021 Bydgoszcz 100 m T11 2018 Berlin 200 m T12

Athanasios Ghavelas (born 19 December 1999) is a Greek Paralympic athlete who specializes in the 100 metres dash. He represented Greece at the Paralympic Games, along with his guide Sotiris Garaganis. ^[3] He was named the Best Greek male athlete with a disability of the Year for 2021 and 2023. ^{[4] [5]}

Career

Ghavelas represented Greece at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the 100 metres T11 event and won the gold medal with a world record time of 10.82. ^[6] At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, in Paris, France, Ghavelas won the gold medal in the 100m (T11). ^[7]

His hails is from Strofylia, Euboea ^[8]

References

1. "Παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ ο παραολυμπιονίκης Θανάσης Γκαβέλας".
2. "World Para Athletics European Records".
3. "Athanasios Ghavelas". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 2 September 2021.
4. "Οι ψήφοι που έλαβαν, ανά κατηγορία, οι κορυφαίοι αθλητές για το 2021 στα βραβεία του ΠΣΑΤ". ΠΣΑΤ - Πανελλήνιος Σύνδεσμος Αθλητικού Τύπου (in Greek). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
5. ""Back to back" Κορυφαίοι ο Τεντόγλου και η Ντρισμπιώτη, 3η σερί φορά κορυφαία η εθνική πόλο, ο Βλάχος κορυφαίος προπονητής". psat.gr. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
6. "Athanasios Ghavelas". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
7. "Greek Sprinter Athanasios Ghavelas Wins Gold in the Paralympic Games". greekreporter. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
8. Ευβοιώτης ο Χρυσός Ολυμπιονίκης Νάσος Γκαβέλας eviaonline.gr