Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos, also known simply as Panathinaikós[panˈaθinai̯ˈkos], is a major Greek multi-sport club based in the City of Athens. Panathinaikos is one of the most successful multi-sport club and one of the oldest clubs in Greece. The name "Panathinaikos" was inspired by the ancient work of Isocrates Panathenaicus, where the orator praise the Athenians for their democratic education and their military superiority, which use it for benefit of all Greeks.
Panathinaikos V.C., also known simply as Panathinaikos, or with its full name Panathinaikos A.O. is the professional volleyball team of the major Athens based multi-sport club Panathinaikos A.O. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest and most successful volleyball clubs in Greece. They have won 20Greek Championships finishing 6 times undefeated, 6 Greek Cups, 3 Greek League Cups and 2 Greek Super Cups. They have reached also twice the CEV Cup final.
The A1 Ethniki, often referred to as the Greek Volleyball League, is the highest professional volleyball league in Greece. It is run by the Hellenic Volleyball Federation. It is considered one of the top national leagues in European volleyball, as its clubs have made significant success in European competitions.
Greece has risen to prominence in a number of sporting areas in recent decades. Football in particular has seen a rapid transformation, with the Greece national football team winning the UEFA Euro 2004. Many Greek athletes have also achieved significant success and have won world and olympic titles in numerous sports during the years, such as basketball, wrestling, water polo, athletics, weightlifting, with many of them becoming international stars inside their sports. The successful organisation of the Athens 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games led also to the further development of many sports and has led to the creation of many world class sport venues all over Greece and especially in Athens. Greek athletes have won a total 161 medals for Greece in 17 different Olympic sports at the Summer Olympic Games, including the Intercalated Games, an achievement which makes Greece one of the top nations globally, in the world's rankings of medals per capital
G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki, is a volleyball team based in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. It plays in A1 Greek Volleyball League. Founded in the 1920s, they evolved in one of the most successful departments of G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki multi-sports club and one of the best teams in Greece and Europe, as they have won 5 times the Greek league and reached 3 times the final of the CEV Champions League.
Brižitka Molnar is a retired Serbian volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter.
The Athletic Union of Greek Alexandria(AEEA) is a Greek sports club based in Alexandria, Egypt. It was founded in 1910 with colors blue and white and double-headed eagle emblem. Later in AEEA merged and Football Club of Greeks of Alexandria, which was also founded in 1910. In the long history of the Union had parts football men and women, basketball men and women, volleyball men and women, gymnastics, athletics, field hockey, and table tennis. Owns a house and struggled in the Community stage of Greek Community.
Evangelia Chantava is a Greek female professional volleyball player.
The Greek Women's Volleyball League is organised by Hellenic Volleyball Federation. In 2021–22 championship took part 14 clubs.
Ruxandra Dumitrescu is a retired volleyball player born in Galați, Romania. She competed with the Romania women's national volleyball team at the 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Brazil. She is a naturalized Greek citizen, and competed with the Greece women's national volleyball team from Athens 2004 Olympic Games until 2009. She is 186 cm tall.
Maret Balkestein-Grothues, néeMaret Grothues is a Dutch volleyball player who plays as a wing spiker. She is a member of the Netherlands women's national volleyball team, and is the current team captain. On 6 May 2021 she signed for the Greek powerhouse Panathinaikos.
Maria Garagouni was a Greek female volleyball player. She was part of the Greece women's national volleyball team.
Niki Garagouni was a Greek female volleyball player. She was part of the Greece women's national volleyball team.
Charikleia Sakkoula was a Greek female volleyball player. She was part of the Greece women's national volleyball team.
Eleftheria Hatzinikou was a Greek female volleyball player. She was part of the Greece women's national volleyball team.
Christos Dimitrakopoulos is a retired Greek male volleyball player. He was part of the Greece men's national volleyball team at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Argentina. He played for Olympiacos and Panathinaikos.
Yuliya Aleksandrovna Saltsevich is a retired Russian female volleyball player who was a member of the USSR women's volleyball team from 1985 to 1986. She was a member of the Soviet squad that won the gold medal at the 1985 European Championship in Netherlands and the gold medal at the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow. She was also part of the Soviet team that took the 6th place in the 1986 World Championship in Prague.
Marisa Field is a Canadian volleyball player who twice represented her home country in the FIVB World Championship, in 2010 and 2014.
Jennifer Cross is a Canadian volleyball player. She is currently a captain on the Canadian national volleyball team. She has also previously played professional volleyball across Europe. She was a 2 time All-American at the University of Michigan, graduating with a degree in Biomechanics (2010-2014). She also competed in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix.
Mariana Brambilla, is a female professional volleyball player, playing as an opposite.
