Athanasios Ghavelas
Personal information
NationalityGreek
Born (1999-12-19) 19 December 1999 (age 24)
Sport
SportParalympic athletics
Disability classT11
Event(s)100 metres, 60 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)10.82 sec WR (2021)
7.10 sec WR (2022) [1]
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Representing  Greece
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 100 m T11
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris 100 m T11
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Berlin 100 m T12
Gold medal – first place 2021 Bydgoszcz 100 m T11
Silver medal – second place 2018 Berlin 200 m T12

Athanasios Ghavelas (born 19 December 1999) is a Greek Paralympic athlete who specializes in the 100 metres dash. He represented Greece at the Paralympic Games, along with his guide Sotiris Garaganis.[2]

Career

Ghavelas represented Greece at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the 100 metres T11 event and won the gold medal with a world record time of 10.82.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ ο παραολυμπιονίκης Θανάσης Γκαβέλας".
  2. ^ "Athanasios Ghavelas". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Athanasios Ghavelas". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.


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