Panagiotis Gionis

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Panagiotis Gionis
Panagiotis Gionis WTTC2016.jpeg
Gionis in 2016
Personal information
Full namePanagiotis Gionis
Nickname(s)Gio, The Defentist
NationalityFlag of Greece.svg  Greece
Born (1980-01-07) 7 January 1980 (age 44)
Athens, Greece
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing style Shakehand
Equipment(s)Butterfly Petr Korbel FL blade; Butterfly Tenergy 05 Hard (Black, FH); Butterfly Feint Long II (Red, BH) [1]
Highest ranking18 (November 2014) [2]
Current ranking105 (May 2024)
Club Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Düsseldorf
Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Pescara Singles
European Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Schwechat Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Schwechat Singles

Panagiotis Gionis (born 7 January 1980) is a Greek table tennis player and a dentist. He is a member in the Greece National Team [3] and has competed in 6 Olympics and many World and European Championships. He has been playing professionally in Germany and France since 2001. Currently, he is playing for Greek club Panathinaikos, German club Borussia Düsseldorf [4] and is being sponsored by TAMASU BUTTERFLY. [5]

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Career

In May 2011, he qualified directly for the London 2012 Summer Olympics based on his ITTF world ranking. [6] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he lost in the third round to Japan's Seiya Kishikawa.

He placed 3rd in the men's single 2013 LIEBHERR European Championships and second in the team event. He is currently ranked 21st in the world and 7th in Europe. [2]

In Aug 2014 he was invited to participate in the mixed European team in the Asia-Europe All Star Challenge on 1–2 November 2014 in Zhang Jia Gang, China. He lost to Chuang Chih-yuan with 0:3. [7]

In April 2016, he secured his spot at the 2016 Summer Olympics by winning the group final match at the ITTF European Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Halmstad, Sweden. [8] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he defeated Padasak Tanviriyavechakul of Thailand in the second round. He was defeated by Jun Mizutani of Japan in the third round. [9]

Panagiotis Gionis qualified for the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships seeded at Number 29. In the first round and second round he faced and defeated North Korea's Choe Il (4–2) and Slovakia's Wang Yang (4–3) respectively. Gionis was ultimately defeated in the third round by Number 12 seed, Vladimir Samsonov, (0–4).

In 2021, he participated in the Tokyo Summer Olympics, ultimately losing to Jeong Youngsik in the 3rd round after beating Ahmed Saleh 4–1. [2]

Achievements

[10]

See also

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  4. ↑ "Team - Borussia Düsseldorf". borussia-duesseldorf.com. Archived from the original on 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
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  9. ↑ "Rio 2016". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
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