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Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Stelios Migiakis (Στέλιος Μηγιάκης) 1980 Gold medal 62 kg Artiom Kioregkian (9.9.1976 Leninakan/USSR) wrestling Bronze medal Athens 2004. Paralympics There are some successful Greek Paralympics athletes even unfortunately the Greek society has not supported as it should or could persons with disabilities in the past. Only in the last years there is a small progress in making life easier for persons with disabilities. Greeks can learn from other countries like Australia, Sweden or Germany. More than four times more Greek athletes (135) compete in the 12th Paralympics events in Athens 2004 than in the previous events which is a sign of a positive change hopefully also in the infrastructure in Greece for disabled persons.
Dimitris (Takis) Konstadangkas,(20.3.1958 Euboia), shot put, Class F56 Gold Atlanta, 1996 Stefanos Anargyrou (27.12.1962 Athens), shot put, Class F55 Gold in Sydney 2000 Paralympics ,shot put, Class F55 Bronze Atlanta, 1996 Athanassios Barakas (22.10.1971 Germany), long Jump, Class O12 Gold in Sydney 2000 Paralympics Konstantinos Marios Fykas (25.5. 1981) Swimming, 50m freestyle, Class S8 Silver Atlanta, 1996, 50 and 100m Freestyle, Class S8, World Records Gold in Sydney 2000 Paralympics Eleni Samaritaki ,(18.8. 1965 Rethymno/Crete ) 200 and 400m, Class Τ36 Silver in Sydney 2000 Paralympics Evangelos Bakolas ,(17.9.1965 Lamia) Shotput, Class F33 Silver in Sydney 2000 Paralympics Paraschos Stogiannidis , High Jump, Class F20 Silver in Sydney 2000 Paralympics Antonios Giapountzis Swimming, 50m butterfly, Class S3 Bronze Atlanta, 1996 Georgios Toptsis (6.2.1958 Serres), Long Jump, Class F46 Bronze Atlanta, 1996 Maria Kalpakidou (3.2.1985 Thessaloniki ) Swimming, 50m Backstroke, Class S2 Bronze in Sydney 2000 Paralympics in Sydney 2000 Paralympics Symeon Paltsanitidis (5.3.1963 Larissa), Discus Throw, Class F55 iBronze n Sydney 2000 Paralympics Paraschos Stogiannidis , Javelin Throw, Class F20 Bronze in Sydney 2000 Paralympics Christos Angourakis (24.8.1952 Herakleion/Crete), Javelin Throw, Class F53 Silver Barcelona, 1992, Shotput, Class F53 Bronze Barcelona, 1992, Javelin Throw, Class 1B Bronze Seoul, 1988 Georgios Toptsis , Long Jump, Class F46 Bronze Atlanta, 1996, Long Jump, Class F46 Silver Barcelona, 1992, Long Jump, Class A6 Bronze Seoul, 1988 Kyriakos Griveas, Swimming, 25m backstroke, Class 1B Silver Seoul, 1988 Charalampos Taiganidis (11.3.1981 Thessaloniki) , Gold medal in the men's 100m butterfly S13, Athens 2004 Paralympics Ioannis Kostakis , Bronze medal men's 100m freestyle S3 ,Athens 2004 Paralympics Efthymis Kalaras , Bronze medal in track-and-field men's discus F54 ,Athens 2004 Paralympics Other Sports Michael Diamond, Australian Olympic trap shooting champion , a son of Greek parents who changed their name to one which they thought would mean value to Australians Pantelis Karasevdas (1877 – 1946) gold in military rifle event, 1896 Olympics Ioannis Phrangoudis , 1896 Olympics, Gold medal Shooting Rapid fire pistol, Silver medal Shooting Free rifle, Bronze medal Shooting Free pistol Georgios Orphanidis , 1896 Olympics, Gold medal Shooting Free rifle Pavlos Pavlidis , Silver medal, Shooting Military rifle, 1896 Olympics Bodybuilding Melina Constantine Bell a philosophical Greek American bodybuilder Info Images of Greek women bodybuilder Sport related Persons
Ted Phillips, President of Chicago Bears Mike Ilitch (20.7.1929 Macedonia) founder of Little Caesar's an international pizza chain He purchased two Detroit sports teams — the Detroit Red Wings (1982) and the Detroit Tigers, (1992)
Joseph Hubertus Pilates (1880 Mönchengladbach Germany – October 1967 ) Body Contrology, fitness exercises, gymnastic, born to parents of Greek ancestry http://bodyforlifepilates.com/josephpilates.htm http://www.thepilatescenter.com/jhpilates.htm “It is the mind itself which builds the body” ,"As a child, I would lie in the woods for hours, hiding and watching the animals move, how the mother taught the young" Otto Rehagel,called by the Greeks Rehakles derived from Herakles (Hercules), a German Coach of the 2004 European Football Champion Greek Team Bob Costas, NBC sports caster, hosted NBC's primetime coverage of the last three Summer Olympics, and he anchored the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City as well. He has won 13 Emmy Awards and been named National Sportscaster of the Year an unprecedented eight times. Fotini Papaleonidopoulou, a 10 year old girl with a powerful blow extinguished the 2004 Olympics flame. What will she remember later from this ceremony? Lets hope that she represents a new generation of Greeks who will be more interested in the Olympic Games and Sport than the old partial not educated population Jimmy (The Greek) Snyder fired after 12 years as a CBS football analyst (with remarkable predictions for the games) for his remarks to a TV reporter about black athletes "During the slave period, the slave owner would breed his big black with his big woman so that he would have a big black kid–that's where it all started." http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/almanac/video/1988/jimmy.the.greek/88.jimmygreek.mov Ioannis Hrisafis (1873-1932) (Ta NEA in Greek) Biographies of Greek Athletes of the 1896 Olympic Games Ancient Greek Olympic Games , Famous ancient Athletes References Thanos Basdekis, The Role of Greeks in Modern American Sport
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