Athletism

BASKETBALL

The National Team basketball is the first Greek national team that won the European men's title in any sport, and the only one that has achieved consecutive European and global discrimination. Regarded as a major strength of world basketball, winning the European Championship twice, the World Youth Championship in 1995, having reached the final four in three of the last four World Championships of FIBA (1994, 1998, 2006).

In 2004, it was characterized by many - and not without reason - as the year of Greece.
The incredible and unexpected conquest of the European Cup 2004 in football and the Olympic Games in Athens the same
year, brought Greece to the center of the global sports scene.

The first decade of the 21st century will undoubtedly be forever etched in the memories of the Greek fans. The Greece managed to star in the field of European and global sport, thanks to major successes at club and national level.

In 2006 the World Championship National Team won the second place and the silver medal.

The Greece began striking at groups with five victories in as many matches against Qatar, Lithuania, Australia, Brazil and Turkey.

In Round 16 easily surpassed China (95-64) and proimitelika France (73-56).

The national men's basketball team Greece represents Greece in international basketball competitions. It is the first Greek national team that won the European men's title in any sport, and the only one that has achieved consecutive European and global discrimination. Regarded as a major strength of world basketball, winning the European Championship twice and the World Junior Championships in 1995

Basketball in Greece has a long history and tradition, but the discrimination began only in the mid 1980s Milestones in history is the silver medal at the World Championships 2006, 1987 and 2005 won the Europe-wide in 1989 with silver medal in 1949 and 2009 with the bronze medal again in pan-European competitions. While players of that era (Nikos Galis, Panagiotis Giannakis Panagiotis Fasoula, Fanis Christodoulou etc.)

The tournament of the 1987 European Basketball Championship was the 25th, organized by FIBA Europe. Attended noon ethnic groups. The tournament was organized by Greece who won the title and took place in Athens at the Peace and Friendship Stadium from June 3 until June 14.





Nikos Galis, born on July 23, 1957 in New Jersey of USA, is Greek-American former basketball player. It is the most important form of the sport's history in Greece. Immediately, the young Nick was one of the stars of the team.










Panagiotis Giannakis is Greek and former basketball player born on January 1, 1959 in Athens. This is one of the biggest personalities has made the Greek basketball.

He has won titles at the top level at club and national teams and has excelled in any organization has participated both as an athlete and as a coach. He is known by the nickname "the dragon" and was the top point guard of the season and together with Nikos Galis, the most famous Greek players.

WRESTLING

Fighting is an ancient Olympic sport in which two men were fighting and the strongest crowned winner. The ancient Greeks considered the winner of the fight, most important of all, this is the reason why the ancient Olympic pentathlon, the final winner was the winner of the fifth series contest, wrestling. Pankration in Ancient Greece was a form of struggle.

Nowadays we have the Greco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling. The struggle is a beautiful sport, which trains young people, physically and spiritually. Greece has a long tradition in the sport, with several Olympic champions and world champions or Europe.

ATHLETICS

The athletics events are known as athletics, as most of them have roots in enaloga sports that were held in classical antiquity. The events of athletics were those that prevailed in ancient times, especially in the Panhellenic games. They are divided into three broad categories: the streets, jumping and throwing.

The new Olympic stadium in Athens received in 1983 70th men Athletics Championship which took place for the first time. The following year, 1984, Thessaloniki hosted the 71st championship in 1985 was the largest participation of athletes by then the Olympic stadium. From this championship stopped rated the Cypriot clubs.

The Panhellenic prevailing in rating the games of 1987 by a wide margin, ending the three-year streak of championships GA Hercules. In 1989 "put" in the program of the walking 50.000m in 1990 races are transferred to Trikala.

From this spectacular tournament in 1992 in the Olympic Stadium. Older records were recorded, including a world record adolescents (nationwide and men) in the javelin by konstadinos gatsioudis with 80,30m. Also, two world-class national records at the height of 2.36 by Lambros Papakosta and pole vault with 5.52 by Christos concubines and several world-class performance, such as 8.15 in length from Kostas Koukoudimo, 49.74 in 400m hurdles by Thanasis Kalogianni and 20.88 in the 200 meters by Thomas Sbokos.



Kostas Kenteris was born on July 11, 1973 in the city of Mytilene from Dimitrios Kenteris and Chrisoula Kenteris. Launched in 1983 in sports Arion Mytilene - first with the long jump - event in which he notes his first successes in school games. In 1989 he made his first National victory in the 400m. In the category of Children has not lost since Greek athlete until today in 400m. He holds three national records, one a junior 200m. 21.05 (1992) and two in the category of men's 400m. Indoors with 46.36 (1999) and 200 m. Open track with 19.85 (2002).

Katerina Thanou (February 1, 1975) is a former track and field athlete, he competed in the sprints. She won first place at the World Championships in Maebashi, Japan in 1999 and the Pan-European races indoors at 60 meters in 1996 and 2000.Gennithike the February 1, 1975 in Athens and has origins from Preveza. With time 10.87 achieved nationwide performance in the Pan-European games of 1998 and won the title of world champion indoors in March 1999 in the struggles of Maebashi, Japan. On August 22, 1999 took the bronze medal in the 100 meters World Championships in Seville succeeding year 10.84. He was an athlete of the National Gymnastics Club and later the Olympic and trained with Christos Tzekos. Great success in her career was the silver medal at the Olympics in 2000. These distinctions, however, are numerous.

Konstadinos Gatsioudis was born on December 17th, 1973 Didymoteichon and he is one of the leading spearmen, and ranked 6th best performance ever with a throw to 91,69m. He was extremely successful from the very first steps. In 1990 he was sixth in the Junior World Championships, and at the same event two years after he was second.

In 1994 he was European champion for athletes under 23 years and in 1995 was third in the World Stratiotiko.Stin first participation in the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, qualified for the final, but it ranked 10th. In 1997 gold was mesogeionikis and later took his first great distinction at men as he won the bronze medal in front of the Greek audience at the World Athletics Championships 1997 in Athens.

Lambros Papakostas a Greek athlete jumper ypsos.Gennithike on October 29th 1969 in Karditsa. Parents are Evangelos Papakostas and mother Sophia Economou and his origin is from Agnantero Karditsa.

Had teammates leading jumpers height Sotomagior, Topic, Trecharnt, Mekenmpourgk etc. with top honors worldwide. The biggest distinction in his career was winning the silver medal at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Barcelona in 1995 and repeating the same success two years later, in Parisi.Einai Panhellenic record holder outdoors and indoors, with performance 2.36 m. and 2.35 m., respectively.

Paraskevi Patoulidou, better known as Voula Patoulidou, is Greek former athlete and politician, first female gold medalist in Greece. He was a member of the Olympic team in five Olympiads (the years: 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004).

He was an athlete member of Iraklis and PAOK. The first participation in the Olympic Games in 1988 in Seoul, ranked 15th in the 100m. On August 5th, 1992, he won the Olympic gold medal in Barcelona in the 100m ! It was the first gold medal of Greece in the arena since 1912 [2].

Two years earlier, in the Balkan Games took gold medal in the 100 m. and 100 m. with hurdles. At the Mediterranean Games in 1991 won the gold medal in the 100m. After winning in Barcelona has changed the sport and fought in length. The 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, the Patoulidou came tenth in the final of length. He distinguished himself several times in the National Athletics Championships. It was first in Joules Bruno in 1995 in the 100m. hurdles, the Balkan in 1990 to 100 m. and 100 m. hurdles and at the Balkan 1994 in the long jump.