Greece at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Greece at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Greece.svg
IPC code GRE
NPC Hellenic Paralympic Committee
Website www.paralympic.gr
in Tokyo, Japan
24 August 2021 (2021-08-24) – 5 September 2021 (2021-09-05)
Competitors43 in 11 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Athanasios Konstantinidis
Anna Ntenta
Flag bearers (closing) Athanasios Ghavelas
Sotiriοs Garaganis
Medals
Ranked 51st
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
7
Total
11
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Greece competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. [1]

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Athanasios Ghavelas
Guide: Sotiriοs Garaganis
Athletics Men's 100 metres T11 2 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Athanasios Konstantinidis Athletics Men's club throw F32 28 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Grigorios Polychronidis Boccia Mixed individual BC3 1 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Athanasios Prodromou Athletics Men's long jump T20 4 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Panagiotis Triantafyllou Wheelchair fencing Men's sabre B 25 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Dimosthenis Michalentzakis Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle S8 25 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Dimitrios Bakochristos Powerlifting Men's 54 kg 26 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Antonios Tsapatakis Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB4 29 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Efstratios Nikolaidis Athletics Men's shot put F20 31 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Alexandra Stamatopoulou Swimming Women's 50 metre backstroke S4 3 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Grigorios Polychronidis
Anna Ntenta
Anastasia Pyrgioti
Boccia Mixed pairs BC3 4 September
Multiple medalists
NameSportGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
Grigorios Polychronidis Boccia 0112
Medals by sport
Sport Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total
Athletics 1214
Boccia 0112
Swimming 0033
Powerlifting 0011
Wheelchair Fencing 0011
Total13711


Archery

Women
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Dorothea Poimenidou Individual Recurve Open 586 SB74

Athletics

Men's track
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Athanasios Ghavelas
Guide: Sotiriοs Garaganis
100m T11 10.88 Q,WR110.82 WRGold medal icon.svg
Michail Seitis 100m T64 11.66 SB13Did not advance
200m T64 22.95 Q SB722.87 SB6
Men's field
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Che Jon Fernandes Shot put F53 7.63 SB5
Konstantinos Tzounis Discus throw F56 42.86 AR4
Konstantinos Kamaras Long jump T37 5.956
Athanasios Konstantinidis Club throw F32 38.63Silver medal icon.svg
Shot put F329.586
Stylianos Malakopoulos Long jump T64 7.04 =WR4
Efstratios Nikolaidis Shot put F20 15.93Bronze medal icon.svg
Leontios Stefanidis Shot put F20 15.75 PB4
Athanasios Prodromou Long jump T20 7.17 PBSilver medal icon.svg
Manolis Stefanoudakis Javelin throw F54 30.454
Women's field
AthleteEventFinal
ResultPointsRank
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

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

Individual
AthleteEventPool MatchesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Grigorios Polychronidis Mixed Ιndividual BC3 Silver medal icon.svg
Anna Ntenta Did not advance
Anastasia Pyrgioti Did not advance
Pairs and Teams
AthleteEventPool matchesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Grigorios Polychronidis
Anna Ntenta
Anastasia Pyrgioti
Mixed Pairs BC3 Bronze medal icon.svg

Cycling

AthleteEventFinal
ScoreRank
Nikolaos Papagelis Men's road time trial C2 37:55.057
Aikaterini El Latif Women's road time trial T1-2 1:32.086

Judo

Theodora Paschalidou has qualified for the Games.

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Theodora Paschalidou Women's 70 kg Did not advance7

Powerlifting

Men
AthleteEventTotal liftedRank
Dimitrios Bakochristos −54 kg 165Bronze medal icon.svg
Paschalis Kouloumoglou −59 kg 1637
Gkremislav Moysiadis −80 kg 1877
Kostantinos Dimou +107kg 2185

Shooting

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]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Sotirios Galogavros Mixed R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1 612,611--

Swimming

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

Men
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Panagiotis Christakis 50m butterfly SM636.84Did not advance15
200m medley SM62:56.75Did not advance12
Dimitrios Karypidis 100m backstroke S12:58.07 PB4
Ioannis Kostakis 150m medley SM33:43.758
50m breaststroke SB21:08.736
200m freestyle S34:31.226Did not advance12
Alexandros-Stylianos Lergios 200m freestyle S5
Gerasimos Lignos 100m backstroke S131:06.76Did not advance12
Aristeidis Makrodimitris 200m freestyle S2--4:44.537
50m backstroke S21:04.018 Q1:03.287
100m backstroke S22:14.54 PB5
Dimosthenis Michalentzakis 100 m freestyle S859.492 Q58.73Bronze medal icon.svg
200m medley SM82:27.576
100m butterfly S81:05.695Did not advance9
Charalampos Taiganidis 100 m backstroke S121:02.164
Antonios Tsapatakis 100 m breaststroke SB41:40:20Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Efthymia Gkouli 100m breaststroke SB81:31.578
Alexandra Stamatopoulou 50m backstroke S448.362 Q49.63Bronze medal icon.svg
50m freestyle S446.615Did not advance9
Maria Tsakona 100m breaststroke SB52:02.32Did not advance10

Table tennis

Marios Chatzikyriakos has qualified for the Games.

Men
AthleteEventGroup StageRound 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Marios Chatzikyriakos Individual C6

Wheelchair fencing

Vasilis Dounis and Panagiotis Triantafyllou have qualified for the Games.

Men
AthleteEventPool matchesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Vasileios Ntounis Sabre A
Panagiotis Triantafyllou Sabre B Bronze medal icon.svg

Wheelchair tennis

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

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Stefanos Diamantis Men's singles Flag of Slovakia.svg  Gergely  (SVK)
L 64–7, 6–3, 0–6
Did not advance

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References

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