Greece at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
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IPC codeGRE
NPCHellenic Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.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
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]

Medalists

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Athanasios Ghavelas
Guide: Sotiriοs Garaganis		 Athletics Men's 100 metres T11 2 September
 Silver Athanasios Konstantinidis Athletics Men's club throw F32 28 August
 Silver Grigorios Polychronidis Boccia Mixed individual BC3 1 September
 Silver Athanasios Prodromou Athletics Men's long jump T20 4 September
 Bronze Panagiotis Triantafyllou Wheelchair fencing Men's sabre B 25 August
 Bronze Dimosthenis Michalentzakis Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle S8 25 August
 Bronze Dimitrios Bakochristos Powerlifting Men's 54 kg 26 August
 Bronze Antonios Tsapatakis Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB4 29 August
 Bronze Efstratios Nikolaidis Athletics Men's shot put F20 31 August
 Bronze Alexandra Stamatopoulou Swimming Women's 50 metre backstroke S4 3 September
 Bronze Grigorios Polychronidis
Anna Ntenta
Anastasia Pyrgioti		 Boccia Mixed pairs BC3 4 September
Multiple medalists
Name Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Grigorios Polychronidis Boccia 0 1 1 2
Medals by sport
Sport Total
Athletics 1 2 1 4
Boccia 0 1 1 2
Swimming 0 0 3 3
Powerlifting 0 0 1 1
Wheelchair Fencing 0 0 1 1
Total 1 3 7 11

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Women
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Dorothea Poimenidou Individual Recurve Open 586 SB 7 4

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Men's track
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Athanasios Ghavelas
Guide: Sotiriοs Garaganis 		100m T11 10.88 Q,WR 1 10.82 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Michail Seitis 100m T64 11.66 SB 13 Did not advance
200m T64 22.95 Q SB 7 22.87 SB 6
Men's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Che Jon Fernandes Shot put F53 7.63 SB 5
Konstantinos Junis Discus throw F56 42.86 AR 4
Konstantinos Kamaras Long jump T37 5.95 6
Athanasios Konstantinidis Club throw F32 38.63 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Shot put F32 9.58 6
Stylianos Malakopoulos Long jump T64 7.04 =WR 4
Efstratios Nikolaidis Shot put F20 15.93 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Leontios Stefanidis Shot put F20 15.75 PB 4
Athanasios Prodromou Long jump T20 7.17 PB 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Manolis Stefanoudakis Javelin throw F54 30.45 4
Women's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Points Rank
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

Main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Individual
Athlete Event Pool Matches Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Grigorios Polychronidis Mixed Ιndividual BC3 — 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Anna Ntenta — Did not advance
Anastasia Pyrgioti — Did not advance
Pairs and Teams
Athlete Event Pool matches Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Grigorios Polychronidis
Anna Ntenta
Anastasia Pyrgioti
 		Mixed Pairs BC3 — 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Nikolaos Papagelis Men's road time trial C2 37:55.05 7
Aikaterini El Latif Women's road time trial T1-2 1:32.08 6

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Theodora Paschalidou has qualified for the Games.

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Theodora Paschalidou Women's 70 kg Did not advance 7

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Total lifted Rank
Dimitrios Bakochristos −54 kg 165 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Paschalis Kouloumoglou −59 kg 163 7
Gkremislav Moysiadis −80 kg 187 7
Kostantinos Dimou +107kg 218 5

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Sotirios Galogavros Mixed R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1 612,6 11 - -

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Panagiotis Christakis 50m butterfly SM6 36.84 Did not advance 15
200m medley SM6 2:56.75 Did not advance 12
Dimitrios Karypidis 100m backstroke S1 2:58.07 PB 4
Ioannis Kostakis 150m medley SM3 3:43.75 8
50m breaststroke SB2 1:08.73 6
200m freestyle S3 4:31.22 6 Did not advance 12
Alexandros-Stylianos Lergios 200m freestyle S5
Gerasimos Lignos 100m backstroke S13 1:06.76 Did not advance 12
Aristeidis Makrodimitris 200m freestyle S2 - - 4:44.53 7
50m backstroke S2 1:04.01 8 Q 1:03.28 7
100m backstroke S2 2:14.54 PB 5
Dimosthenis Michalentzakis 100 m freestyle S8 59.49 2 Q 58.73 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200m medley SM8 2:27.57 6
100m butterfly S8 1:05.69 5 Did not advance 9
Charalampos Taiganidis 100 m backstroke S12 1:02.16 4
Antonios Tsapatakis 100 m breaststroke SB4 1:40:20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Efthymia Gkouli 100m breaststroke SB8 1:31.57 8
Alexandra Stamatopoulou 50m backstroke S4 48.36 2 Q 49.63 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
50m freestyle S4 46.61 5 Did not advance 9
Maria Tsakona 100m breaststroke SB5 2:02.32 Did not advance 10

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Marios Chatzikyriakos has qualified for the Games.

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Marios Chatzikyriakos Individual C6

Wheelchair fencing

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Vasilis Dounis and Panagiotis Triantafyllou have qualified for the Games.

Men
Athlete Event Pool matches Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Vasileios Ntounis Sabre A
Panagiotis Triantafyllou Sabre B 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Stefanos Diamantis Men's singles  Gergely (SVK)
L 64–7, 6–3, 0–6 		Did not advance

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Greek Team for the Tokyo Paralympic Games has been announced". Paralympicus. 21 July 2021.
  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.
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