Greece at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Greece competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.[1] The first places the team qualified were for three athletes in sailing events.

Greece at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeGRE
NPCHellenic Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.gr
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors60 in 12 sports
Flag bearers Grigorios Polychronidis (Opening)
Athanasios Konstantinidis (Closing)
Medals
Ranked 24th
Gold
5
Silver
4
Bronze
4
Total
13
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Funding and support

Funding for Greece's national Paralympic committee comes through the Greek Ministry of Sports and the General Secretariat of Sports. While Greek Paralympians get some support from their national sport federations, many were also getting support from the Greek NPC. The economic situation in the country led to less funding from the government, which caused the Greeks rely more on sponsorship to serve a stop gap measure. One of the biggest sponsors was OPAP, Greece's national lottery. In a few cases, Greek athletes had to self-fund if they wanted to participate internationally as their NPC did not have the funds. In 2013, there was also a tremendous discrepancy in funding between Paralympic sport and Olympic sport, with the Olympic side getting €1,400,000 while the Paralympic side got €200,000.[2]

Disability classifications
Main article: Disability sport classification

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[3][4] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[5]

Medalists
Further information: 2016 Summer Paralympics medal table

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 011
Athletics 13518
Boccia 325
Canoe Sprint 022
Cycling 123
Judo 101
Powerlifting 606
Sailing 303
Shooting 101
Swimming 12416
Wheelchair Fencing 314
Wheelchair Tennis 101
Total441660

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Dorothea Poimenidou earned Greece a spot at the Rio Games following her performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships. She qualified the country after her performance in the women's recurve open.[6]

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 605 7  Duboc (FRA)
L 4-6		 Did not advance

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Men
Track
Athlete Event Classification Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Christos Koutoulias 100m T45/46/47 11.52 10 Did not advance
Michail Seitis T43/44 11.30 PB 10 Did not advance
200m T43/44 22.45 PB 7 q 23.63 7
400m T43/44 49.81 WR 6 q 49.66 WR 6
Christos Koutoulias
Ioannis Sevdikalis
Konstantin Veltsi
Michail Seitis		 4 × 100 m relay T42-47 — 47.79 5
Field
Athlete Event Classification Final
Distance Position
Dimitrios Zisidis Shot put F32 9.24 PB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Nikolaos Gonios F32 7.00 10
Athanasios Konstantinidis F32 10.39 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Che Jon Fernandes F53 8.44 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Dimitrios Senikidis F20 16.17 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Efstratios Nikolaidis F20 15.69 4
Athanasios Konstantinidis Club Throw F31/32 33.69 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Dimitrios Zisidis F31/32 22.24 6
Nikolaos Gonios F31/32 27.26 5
Christos Kapellas Long Jump T43/44 6.40 7
Christos Koutoulias T45/46/47 6.43 13
Evangelos Kanavos T20 6.48 9
Konstantin Veltsi T43/44 5.59 12
Michail Seitis T43/44 6.20 9
Manolis Stefanoudakis Javelin Throw F53/54 29.45 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Track
Athlete Event Classification Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Styliani Smaragdi 100m T45/46/47 13.70 11 Did not advance
Field
Athlete Event Classification Final
Distance Position
Anthi Liagkou Shot put F33 4.69 5
Dimitra Korokida F53 4.28 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Valasia Kyrgiovanaki F20 12.11 4
Zoi Mantoudi F20 11.31 9
Styliani Smaragdi Long Jump T45/46/47 4.87 10

Boccia
Main article: Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
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  McCowan (GBR)
W 9-1		  Michel (AUS)
W 7-2		 — 1 Q  Ho (HKG)
W 2-2 Tiebrake Win		  Kim (KOR)
W 4-1		  Jeong (KOR)
L 1-8		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Anna Ntenta  Cilissen (BEL)
W 1-6		  Ho (HKG)
L 6-1		 — 2 Did not advance
Panagiotis Soulanis Mixed Ιndividual BC1  Prado (ESP)
W 6-1		  Ibarbure (ARG)
W 6-4		  Leung Yee (HKG)
L 0-9		 2 Q  Perez (NED)
L 0-13		 Did not advance
Chrysi Morfi Metzou Mixed Ιndividual BC4  Leung Wing (HKG)
L 2-13		  Seo (KOR)
L 1-10		  Vieira (POR)
L 1-6		 4 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
Anna Ntenta
Nikolaos Pananos
Grigorios Polychronidis		 Mixed Pairs BC3  Singapore (SIN)
L 2–3		  Great Britain (GBR)
W 4–1		  Portugal (POR)
W 5–2		 2 Q —  South Korea (KOR)
L 1–6		  Singapore (SIN)
W 8–1		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Road
Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Athanasios Barakas Men's Road Race B DNF
Men's Road Time Trial B 45:38.46 21
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Adamantia Chalkiadaki Women's Road Race B 2:02.52 6
Women's Road Time Trial B 43:03.79 12
Paraskevi Kantza Women's Road Race B 2:43.00 16
Women's Road Time Trial B 50:36.79 17

Track
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Time/Opposition
Result		 Rank
Athanasios Barakas Men's B 4000m Individual Pursuit 5:03.979 16 Did not advance
Men's B 1000m Time Trial — 1:07.479 10
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Time/Opposition
Result		 Rank
Adamantia Chalkiadaki Women's B 3000m Individual Pursuit 3:46.620 10 Did not advance
Women's B 1000m Time Trial — 1:13.431 10
Paraskevi Kantza Women's B 3000m Individual Pursuit 4:14.308 14 Did not advance
Women's B 1000m Time Trial — 1:23.748 14

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Theoklitos Papachristos −100 kg  Bolukbasi (TUR)
L 000–100		 Did not advance

Paracanoeing
Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Canoe Sprint
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Eleni Prelorentzou KL1 1:53.367 10 SF 1:44.092 5 Did not advance

Powerlifting
Main article: Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Total lifted Rank
Nikolaos Gkountanis −65 kg 181 5
Pavlos Mamalos −107 kg 238 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Dimitrios Bakochristos −54 kg 162 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Paschalis Kouloumoglou −59kg 145 5
Kostantinos Dimou +107kg 220 4
Gkremislav Moysiadis −80kg 165 8

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Mixed
Athlete Event Race Total points Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Theodoros Alexas
Vasileios Christoforou
Argyris Notaroglou		 3-Person Keelboat (Sonar) 3 6 3 10 7 6 4 10 1 9 9 58 7

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Evangelos Kakosaios Mixed R4 – 10 m Air Rifle Standing SH2 622.8 23 Did not advance

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Antonios Tsapatakis 50 m Freestyle S5 37.57 11 Did not advance
50 m Butterfly S5 44.55 13 Did not advance
100 m Breaststroke SB4 — 1:37.69 4
Aristeidis Makrodimitris 200 m Freestyle S2 5:03.56 6 Q 4:57.90 6
50 m Backstroke S2 1:02.29 7 Q 1:03.46 7
100 m Backstroke S2 2:19.25 7 2:22.45 8
Charalampos Taiganidis 50 m Freestyle S12 24.97 6 Q 24.99 6
100 m Backstroke S12 1:03.70 6 Q 1:01.21 4
Christos Tampaxis 50 m Backstroke S1 — 1:22.30 4
100 m Backstroke S1 — 2:54.23 4
Dimitrios Karypidis 50 m Backstroke S1 — 1:32.09 5
100 m Backstroke S1 — 3:12.73 6
Dimosthenis Michalentzakis 50 m Freestyle S9 27.50 13 Did not advance
100 m Butterfly S9 1:01.91 3 Q 59.27 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m Medley SM9 2:26.15 10 Did not advance
Georgios Kapellakis 50 m Backstroke S2 1:14.47 11 Did not advance
100 m Backstroke S2 2:45.85 9 Did not advance
Georgios Sfaltos 50 m Freestyle S6 32.65 11 Did not advance
100 m Freestyle S6 1:12.15 11 Did not advance
100 m Breaststroke SB5 1:40.17 6 Q 1:40.05 NR 6
Gerasimos Lignos 50 m Freestyle S13 27.09 18 Did not advance
100 m Breaststroke SB13 1:14.25 7 Q 1:13.68 6
100 m Backstroke S13 1:09.65 10 Did not advance
Ioannis Kostakis 50 m Freestyle S3 55.45 8 Q 53.95 7
200 m Freestyle S3 — 4:01.46 7
50 m Breaststroke SB2 DSQ Did not advance
50 m Backstroke S3 1:17.35 10 Did not advance
150 m Medley SM3 DNS Did not advance
Konstantinos Karaouzas 50 m Breaststroke SB3 54.37 9 Did not advance
Panagiotis Christakis 50 m Freestyle S6 31.94 9 Did not advance
100 m Freestyle S6 1:14.05 13 Did not advance
50 m Butterfly S6 35.46 11 Did not advance
100 m Breaststroke SB6 1:37.98 11 Did not advance
200 m Medley SM6 2:59.64 9 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Alexandra Stamatopoulou 100 m Freestyle S3 1:44.29 5 Q 1:47.16 6
50 m Backstroke S3 58.47 5 Q 58.33 5
Chrysoula Antoniadou 200 m Freestyle S5 3:48.62 11 Did not advance
100 m Breaststroke SB4 2:06.92 8 Q 2:06.24 7
Maria Kalpakidou 50 m Backstroke S2 — 1:24.45 5
100 m Backstroke S2 — 3:00.72 5
Semicha Rizaoglou 50 m Freestyle S4 1:11.60 16 Did not advance
100 m Freestyle S3 2:30.78 11 Did not advance
50 m Backstroke S3 1:06.18 7 Q 1:12.05 8
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Georgios Sfaltos
Panagiotis Christakis
Alexandra Stamatopoulou
Chrysoula Antoniadou		 4 × 50 m Freestyle Relay 20Pts 2:43.43 5 Q 2:39.35 5

Wheelchair fencing
Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Pool matches Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Gerasimos Pylarinos Markantonatos Sabre A  Lemoine (FRA)
L 1–5

 Tian (CHN)
L 0–5

 Chan (HKG)
L 2–5

 Demchuk (UKR)
L 4–5

 Cheong (HKG)
W 5–2

 5 Did not advance
Vasileios Ntounis  Chen (CHN)
W 5–4

 Tsedryk (UKR)
W 5–3

 Pellegrini (ITA)
W 5–4

 Noble (FRA)
W 5–2

 Osvath (HUN)
W 5–2

 1 Q  Chen (CHN)
W 15–12		  Osvath (HUN)
L 12–15		  Tian (CHN)
L 5–15		 4
Panagiotis Triantafyllou Sabre B  Castro (POL)
W 5–3

 Mainville (CAN)
W 5-1

 Cheema (GER)
W 5-4

 Feng (CHN)
W 5-1

 1 Q  Mainville (CAN)
W 15–6		  Pluta (POL)
W 15–14		  Datsko (UKR)
L 7–15		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gerasimos Pylarinos Markantonatos
Panagiotis Triantafyllou
Vasileios Ntounis		 Team Épée  France (FRA)
L 22-45

 Brazil (BRA)
W 45-32

 2 Q —  China (CHN)
L 33-45		  Poland (POL)
L 29-45		 4
Women
Athlete Event Pool matches Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Kalliopi Loufaki Épée B  Pozniak (UKR)
L 1-2

 Demaude (FRA)
W 5-3

 Makowska (POL)
L 0-5

 Briese-Baetke (GER)
L 2-5

 Yao (CHN)
L 2-5

 5 Did not advance

Wheelchair tennis
Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Stefanos Diamantis qualified for Rio in the men's singles event via a Bipartite Commission Invitation place.[7]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Stefanos Diamantis Men's singles  Jérémiasz (FRA)
L 2-0 (0–6, 3–6)		 Did not advance

See also

References
  1. "H ελληνική παραολυμπιακή ομάδα που θα ταξιδέψει στο Ρίο".
  2. "The Paralympian" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  3. "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  4. "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  5. "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  6. "DONAUESCHINGEN AWARDS 82 RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC QUOTA PLACES". World Archery Federation. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  7. "ITF announces singles entries for Rio 2016 Paralympics". ITF Tennis. ITF Tennis. June 24, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
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