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| Nationality | Greek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 May 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sports shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Efthimios Mitas (born 15 May 1985) is a Greek sport shooter. [1] [2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's skeet, finishing in 25th place. [3] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he took the 13th place at the same event.
| World records held in Skeet from 2005 to 2012 | ||||||
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| Men | Qualification | 125 |  Vincent Hancock (USA) Tore Brovold (NOR) Mykola Milchev (UKR) Jan Sychra (CZE) Tore Brovold (NOR) Jan Sychra (CZE) Antonakis Andreou (CYP) Juan José Aramburu (ESP) Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) Anthony Terras (FRA) Efthimios Mitas (GRE) | 14 June 2007 13 July 2008 9 May 2009 20 May 2009 25 July 2009 7 March 2011 22 April 2011 13 September 2011 17 January 2012 26 March 2012 26 March 2012 | Lonato (ITA) Nicosia (CYP) Cairo (EGY) Munich (GER) Osijek (CRO) Concepción (CHI) Beijing (CHN) Belgrade (SER) Doha (QAT) Tucson (USA) Tucson (USA) | edit |
| Final | 150 | Vincent Hancock (USA) (125+25) Tore Brovold (NOR) (125+25) Tore Brovold (NOR) (125+25) Jan Sychra (CZE) (125+25) Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) (125+25) Efthimios Mitas (GRE) (125+25) | 14 June 2007 13 July 2008 25 July 2009 7 March 2011 17 January 2012 26 March 2012 | Lonato (ITA) Nicosia (CYP) Osijek (CRO) Concepción (CHI) Doha (QAT) Tucson (USA) | edit | |
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