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| Born | 25 November 2000 [1] Thessaloniki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Men's lightweight single sculls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Naftikos Omilos Kalamarias Thessalonikis [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Petros Gkaidatzis (born 25 November 2000) is a Greek rower. He won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the lightweight double sculls.
A member of the Greek lightweight double sculls team since 2018, he started rowing with Antonios Papakonstantinou in 2023. [3] In May 2023 at the 2023 European Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia, Gkaidatzis took bronze together with Antonios Papakonstantinou in the lightweight double sculls. [4] That month, they qualified for the Olympic Games at the qualifying tournament in Lucerne. [5]
Competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the duo qualified through the preliminary rounds to reach the final. [6] [7] They subsequently won the bronze medal.
Martin Sinković is a Croatian rower. He is the younger brother of fellow rower Valent Sinković, with whom he has won three Olympic gold medals. The brothers are the most decorated Croatian Summer Olympians in history and won gold medals in the double sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the coxless pair at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the coxless pair at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Sinković won the silver medal in the quadruple sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics with his brother, David Šain and Damir Martin. He is a six-time world champion, twice in quadruple sculls, double sculls and coxless pair each, and seven-time European champion, with four titles in double sculls and three titles in coxless pair. Sinković is also a two-time U23 world champion in quadruple sculls with his brother, Šain and Martin.
Valent Sinković is a Croatian rower. He is the older brother of fellow rower Martin Sinković, with whom he has won three Olympic gold medals. The brothers are the most decorated Croatian Summer Olympians in history and won gold medals in the double sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the coxless pair at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the coxless pair at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Sinković won the silver medal in the quadruple sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics with his brother, David Šain and Damir Martin. He is a six-time world champion, twice in quadruple sculls, double sculls and coxless pair each, and seven-time European champion, with four titles in double sculls and three titles in coxless pair. Sinković is also a two-time U23 world champion in quadruple sculls with his brother, Šain and Martin.
Christina Giazitzidou is a Greek rower. She won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, in the Women's lightweight double sculls.
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Panagiotis Magdanis is a Greek rower. He is a two-time World Champion in the men's lightweight quadruple sculls.
Aikaterini "Katerina" Nikolaidou is a Greek rower. Nikolaidou represented Greece, along with Sofia Asoumanaki at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, finishing in the 4th place. She also won a silver medal, in the lightweight single sculls at the 2013 World Rowing Championships and 2014 World Rowing Championships, and in the in the lightweight double sculls along with Sofia Asoumanaki at the 2015 World Rowing Championships. She won the gold medal in the lightweight single sculls at the 2014 European Champion and 2013 European Champion. She won the gold medal in the single sculls, at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, and at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin.
Paul O'Donovan is an Irish lightweight rower. He is a double Olympic champion in the lightweight double sculls where he set a new world's best time for that event and is a seven-time world champion in single and double sculls.
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Emily Craig is a British lightweight Olympic champion and three-time world champion rower.
Fintan McCarthy is an Irish lightweight rower. He is an Irish national champion, world champion and double Olympic gold medallist. He won the men's lightweight double sculls championship title with Paul O'Donovan at the 2019 World Rowing Championships and at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where he set a new world's best time for that event. He also won a bronze medal in lightweight single sculls at the 2020 European Rowing Championships.
Imogen Daisy Grant is a British lightweight world and Olympic champion rower.
Antonios Papakonstantinou is a Greek rower. He won a gold medal in the lightweight single sculls at the 2022 European Rowing Championships.
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Elis Özbay is a Turkish rower competing in the lightweight single sculls and double sculls events. She is qualified to participate at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, as the first Turkish female rower.
Raphaël Ahumada is a Swiss rower. He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the lightweight double sculls.
Ask Jarl Tjøm is a Norwegian rower. He participated in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Lars Martin Benske is a Norwegian rower. He participated in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Dimitra Eleni "Milena" Kontou is a Greek rower. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the lightweight double sculls.
Zoi Fitsiou is a Greek rower. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the lightweight double sculls.
