| Greece at the 2020 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | GRE |
| NPC | Hellenic Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| 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 Ranked 51st |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Greece competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. [1]
| 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 |
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Dorothea Poimenidou | Individual Recurve Open | 586 SB | 7 | 4 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 200m T64 | 22.95 Q SB | 7 | 22.87 SB | 6 | |
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | ||
| Che Jon Fernandes | Shot put F53 | 7.63 SB | 5 |
| Konstantinos Tzounis | Discus throw F56 | 42.86 AR | 4 |
| Konstantinos Kamaras | Long jump T37 | 5.95 | 6 |
| Athanasios Konstantinidis | Club throw F32 | 38.63 | |
| 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 |
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Grigorios Polychronidis, Anastasia Pyrgiotis and Anna Ntenta have all qualified for the Games..
| Athlete | Event | Pool Matches | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||
| Athlete | Event | Pool matches | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Grigorios Polychronidis Anna Ntenta Anastasia Pyrgioti | Mixed Pairs BC3 | — | | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Theodora Paschalidou has qualified for the Games.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Theodora Paschalidou | Women's 70 kg | Did not advance | 7 | |||
| 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 |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
| Sotirios Galogavros | Mixed R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 612,6 | 11 | - | - |
Twelve Greek swimmers are qualified to compete. [3] [4]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | ||
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Marios Chatzikyriakos has qualified for the Games.
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Marios Chatzikyriakos | Individual C6 | ||||||||
Vasilis Dounis and Panagiotis Triantafyllou have qualified for the Games.
| Athlete | Event | Pool matches | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Vasileios Ntounis | Sabre A | ||||||
| Panagiotis Triantafyllou | Sabre B | | |||||
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
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