Greece at the 2022 World Games

Greece at the 2022 World Games
IOC code	GRE
NOC	Hellenic Olympic Committee
in Birmingham, United States 7 July 2022 (2022-07-07) – 17 July 2022 (2022-07-17)
Competitors	15 (10 men and 5 women) in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 34th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 8
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Greece competed at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States from 7 to 17 July 2022. ^[1] Athletes representing Greece won one gold medal, three silver medals and four bronze medals. The country finished in 34th place in the medal table.

Medalists

Further information: 2022 World Games § Medal table, and List of 2022 World Games medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ioakeim Theodoridis	Parkour	Men's freestyle	10 July
Silver	Stylianos Chatziiliadis	Finswimming	Men's 50 m bi-fins	9 July
Silver	Athanasia Zariopi	Ju-jitsu	Women's fighting 48 kg	15 July
Silver	Christina Koutoulaki	Ju-jitsu	Women's fighting 57 kg	15 July
Bronze	Dionysios Xenos	Karate	Men's kumite 67 kg	8 July
Bronze	Christos Bonias	Finswimming	Men's 50 m bi-fins	9 July
Bronze	Christos Bonias	Finswimming	Men's 100 m bi-fins	8 July
Bronze	Anastasios Mylonakis	Finswimming	Men's 100 m surface	8 July

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Finswimming	6	2	8
Ju-jitsu	0	2	2
Karate	1	1	2
Muaythai	1	0	1
Parkour	1	0	1
Water skiing	1	0	1
Total	10	5	15

Finswimming

Main article: Finswimming at the 2022 World Games

Eight swimmers represented Greece in finswimming; in total, they won four medals. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Anastasios Mylonakis	Men's 50 m apnoea	14.75	7
Anastasios Mylonakis	Men's 100 m surface	36.39
Antonios Tsourounakis	Men's 400 m surface	3:06.57	8
Christos Bonias	Men's 50 m bi-fins	18.99
Stylianos Chatziiliadis		18.74
Christos Bonias	Men's 100 m bi-fins	42.59
Stylianos Chatziiliadis		42.68	4
Georgios Kaltsoukalas Anastasios Mylonakis Georgios Panagoitidis Antonios Tsourounakis	Men's 4 × 50 m surface relay	1:02.87	4
Georgios Kaltsoukalas Anastasios Mylonakis Georgios Panagoitidis Antonios Tsourounakis	Men's 4 × 100 m surface relay	2:23.68	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Eirini Deligianni	Women's 200 m surface	1:32.96	5
Aikaterini Maniati	Women's 100 m bi-fins	49.90	8

Ju-jitsu

Main article: Ju-jitsu at the 2022 World Games

Greece won two medals in ju-jitsu. ^[5]

Athlete	Event	Elimination round			Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Athanasia Zariopi	Women's fighting 48 kg	Phattaraboonsorn  (THA) L 0–14	Guzman Sanchez  (COL) W 8–0	2 Q	Staub  (SUI) W 14–0	Phattaraboonsorn  (THA) L 0–14
Christina Koutoulaki	Women's fighting 57 kg	Pourtois  (BEL) L 2–10	Campos Obando  (COL) W 14–0	2 Q	Bogers  (NED) W 16–10	Pourtois  (BEL) LWO

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2022 World Games

Greece won one medal in karate. ^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Elimination round				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dionysios Xenos	Men's kumite 67 kg	Nakano  (JPN) W 1–0	Pavlov  (MKD) W 6–0	Figueira  (BRA) D 0–0	1 Q	Tadissi  (HUN) L 0–3	Maresca  (ITA) W 1–0

Women

Athlete	Event	Elimination round				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eleni Chatziliadou	Women's kumite +68 kg	Jemi  (TUN) D 1–1	Keinänen  (FIN) L 0–3	Okila  (EGY) W 3–1	3	Did not advance		5

Muaythai

Main article: Muaythai at the 2022 World Games

Greece competed in muaythai. ^[7]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dimos Asimakopoulous	–67 kg	Khatthamarasri  (THA) L 27–30	Did not advance

Parkour

Main article: Parkour at the 2022 World Games

Greece won one gold medal in parkour. ^{[8] [9]}

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ioakeim Theodoridis	Men's speedrun	24.68	6 Q	28.70	6
Ioakeim Theodoridis	Men's freestyle	23.5	1 Q	26.0

Water skiing

Main article: Water skiing at the 2022 World Games

Filippos Kyprios was scheduled to represent Greece in water skiing. He did not start in the event. ^[10]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Filippos Kyprios	Slalom	DNS

See also

• Greece at the World Games

References

1. "Qualifications for TWG 2022, Birmingham (USA)". International World Games Association. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
2. "Colombia top medals table after first day of Birmingham 2022 World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
3. "Greek Finswimming Team for World Games 2022". finswimmer.com. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
4. "Finswimming Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
5. "Ju-jitsu Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
6. "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
7. "Muaythai Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
8. Berkeley, Geoff (10 July 2022). "Egyptian sumo team banned from World Games over "poor sportsmanship"". InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 12 July 2022.
9. "Parkour Results Book" (PDF). 202 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
10. "Waterski & Wakeboard Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.