Largest ever Olympic team representing Greece heads to Paris

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With the qualification of the national basketball team to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the formation of the Greek delegation with 101 representatives across 17 sports, was completed.

The categories and their respective athletes representing Greece:

Athletics – 14

  • Miltos Tendoglou length
  • Emmanuel Karalis pole vault
  • Katerina Stefanidi pole vault
  • Christos Frantzeskakis hammer throw
  • Antigoni Drisbioti 20 km gait
  • Michalis Anastasakis hammer throw
  • Elina Jengo javelin
  • Tatiana Gushin height
  • Eleni Polak Pole vault
  • Stamatia Skarveli hammer throw
  • Ariadne Adamopoulou pole vault
  • Polyniki Emmanouilidou 100m., 200m.
  • Kyriaki Filtisakou 20 km.
  • Panagiota Dossi height

Swimming – 16

  • Anna Duntounaki: 100m butterfly, 4x100m mixed team
  • Nora Drakou: 50m freestyle, 4x100m mixed team
  • Georgia Damasioti: 100m, 200m butterfly
  • Christian Golomeev: 50m freestyle
  • Apostolos Christou: 100m, 200m backstroke, 4x100m mixed team
  • Stergios Bilas: 50m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle
  • Vangelis Makrygiannis: 100m backstroke
  • Dimitris Markos: 800m, 1.500m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle
  • Apostolos Papastamos: 200m, 400 m. mixed individual
  • Apostolos Siskos: 200m backstroke
  • Andreas Vazaios: 4x100m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle
  • Kostas Englezakis: 4x200m freestyle
  • Kostas Stamos: 4x200m freestyle
  • Vangelis Doumas: 4x100m mixed team
  • Odysseas Meladinis: 4x100m freestyle
  • Panagiotis Bolanos: 4x100m freestyle
  • Alkis Kynigakis: 10km marathon swimming

Artistic swimming – 2

  • Evangelia Platanioti, Sophia Malkoyeorgou – duet

Rowing – 7

  • Stefanos Duskos – skiing
  • Christina Bourbou, Evangelia Anastasiadou – double sculls
  • Zoe Fitsiou, Milena Kontou – lightweight double skiff
  • Antonis Papakonstantinou, Petros Gaidatzis – double skiff lightweight

Shooting – 5

  • Anna Korakaki – 10 air pistol, 25m. pistol
  • Christina Moschi – 10m air pistol
  • Emmanouela Katzouraki – skiing
  • Makis Mitas – skiing
  • Babis Halkiadakis – skiing

Gymnastics – 1

  • Lefteris Petrounias – gymnastics, rings

Tennis – 4

  • Maria Sakkari – single
  • Stefanos Tsitsipas – single
  • Stefanos Tsitsipas, Maria Sakkari – mixed
  • Stefanos Tsitsipas, Petros Tsitsipas – doubles
  • Maria Sakkari, Despina Papamichael – doubles

Sailing – 4

  • Byron Kokkalanis – IQFoil
  • Cameron Maramenidis – kite formula
  • Ariadne Spanaki, Odysseus Spanakis – 470 mixed

Cycling – 1

  • George Bouglas – road cycling

Wrestling – 3

  • Giorgos Kouyoumtsidis – 74k free
  • Dauren Kurugliev – 86k free
  • Maria Prevolaraki – 53k free

Judo – 2

  • Elizabeth Teltsidou – 70k
  • Theo Tselidis – 90k

Horse riding – 1

  • Ioli Mytilineou – jumping obstacles

Fencing – 1

  • Dora Gountoura – sabre

Table tennis – 1

  • Panagiotis Gionis

Water Polo – National Men’s Team 13

  • Manos Zerdevas
  • Panagiotis Tzortzatos (goalkeepers)
  • Dinos Yenedounias
  • Dimitris Skumbakis
  • Stathis Kalogeropoulos
  • Yannis Fountoulis
  • Alexandros Papanastasiou
  • Nikos Gillas
  • Stelios Argyropoulos Kanakakis
  • Nikos Papanikolaou
  • Kostas Kakaris
  • Dimitris Nicolaides
  • Angelos Vlachopoulos

Water Polo – Women’s National Team 13

  • Ioanna Stamatopoulou
  • Chrysoula Diamantopoulou (goalkeepers)
  • Eleftheria Plevritou
  • Margarita Plevritou
  • Vasiliki Plevritou
  • Ioanna Hydirioti
  • Nikoleta Eleftheriadou
  • Eleni Xenaki
  • Alexandra Asimaki
  • Maria Patra
  • Irini Ninou
  • Athena Giannopoulou
  • Maria Miriokefalitaki

Basketball – National men’s team – 12

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