Greece at the 2022 World Games

Greece at the
2022 World Games
IOC codeGRE
NOCHellenic Olympic Committee
in Birmingham, United States
7 July 2022 (2022-07-07) – 17 July 2022 (2022-07-17)
Competitors15 (10 men and 5 women) in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 34th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
4
Total
8
World Games appearances (overview)

Greece competed at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States from 7 to 17 July 2022.[1] Athletes representing Greece won one gold medal, three silver medals and four bronze medals. The country finished in 34th place in the medal table.

Medalists

Further information: 2022 World Games § Medal table, and List of 2022 World Games medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Ioakeim Theodoridis Parkour Men's freestyle 10 July
 Silver Stylianos Chatziiliadis Finswimming Men's 50 m bi-fins 9 July
 Silver Athanasia Zariopi Ju-jitsu Women's fighting 48 kg 15 July
 Silver Christina Koutoulaki Ju-jitsu Women's fighting 57 kg 15 July
 Bronze Dionysios Xenos Karate Men's kumite 67 kg 8 July
 Bronze Christos Bonias Finswimming Men's 50 m bi-fins 9 July
 Bronze Christos Bonias Finswimming Men's 100 m bi-fins 8 July
 Bronze Anastasios Mylonakis Finswimming Men's 100 m surface 8 July

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Finswimming 6 2 8
Ju-jitsu 0 2 2
Karate 1 1 2
Muaythai 1 0 1
Parkour 1 0 1
Water skiing 1 0 1
Total 10 5 15

Finswimming

Main article: Finswimming at the 2022 World Games

Eight swimmers represented Greece in finswimming; in total, they won four medals.[2][3][4]

Men

Athlete Event Time Rank
Anastasios Mylonakis Men's 50 m apnoea 14.75 7
Anastasios Mylonakis Men's 100 m surface 36.39 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Antonios Tsourounakis Men's 400 m surface 3:06.57 8
Christos Bonias Men's 50 m bi-fins 18.99 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Stylianos Chatziiliadis 18.74 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Christos Bonias Men's 100 m bi-fins 42.59 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Stylianos Chatziiliadis 42.68 4
Georgios Kaltsoukalas
Anastasios Mylonakis
Georgios Panagoitidis
Antonios Tsourounakis 		Men's 4 × 50 m surface relay 1:02.87 4
Georgios Kaltsoukalas
Anastasios Mylonakis
Georgios Panagoitidis
Antonios Tsourounakis 		Men's 4 × 100 m surface relay 2:23.68 4

Women

Athlete Event Time Rank
Eirini Deligianni Women's 200 m surface 1:32.96 5
Aikaterini Maniati Women's 100 m bi-fins 49.90 8

Ju-jitsu

Main article: Ju-jitsu at the 2022 World Games

Greece won two medals in ju-jitsu.[5]

Athlete Event Elimination round Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Athanasia Zariopi Women's fighting 48 kg  Phattaraboonsorn (THA)
L 0–14 		 Guzman Sanchez (COL)
W 8–0 		2 Q  Staub (SUI)
W 14–0 		 Phattaraboonsorn (THA)
L 0–14 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Christina Koutoulaki Women's fighting 57 kg  Pourtois (BEL)
L 2–10 		 Campos Obando (COL)
W 14–0 		2 Q  Bogers (NED)
W 16–10 		 Pourtois (BEL)
L WO 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2022 World Games

Greece won one medal in karate.[6]

Men
Athlete Event Elimination round Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Dionysios Xenos Men's kumite 67 kg  Nakano (JPN)
W 1–0 		 Pavlov (MKD)
W 6–0 		 Figueira (BRA)
D 0–0 		1 Q  Tadissi (HUN)
L 0–3 		 Maresca (ITA)
W 1–0 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Elimination round Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Eleni Chatziliadou Women's kumite +68 kg  Jemi (TUN)
D 1–1 		 Keinänen (FIN)
L 0–3 		 Okila (EGY)
W 3–1 		3 Did not advance 5

Muaythai

Main article: Muaythai at the 2022 World Games

Greece competed in muaythai.[7]

Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Dimos Asimakopoulous –67 kg  Khatthamarasri (THA)
L 27–30 		Did not advance

Parkour

Main article: Parkour at the 2022 World Games

Greece won one gold medal in parkour.[8][9]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Ioakeim Theodoridis Men's speedrun 24.68 6 Q 28.70 6
Ioakeim Theodoridis Men's freestyle 23.5 1 Q 26.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Water skiing

Main article: Water skiing at the 2022 World Games

Filippos Kyprios was scheduled to represent Greece in water skiing. He did not start in the event.[10]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Filippos Kyprios Slalom DNS

See also

References

  1. ^ "Qualifications for TWG 2022, Birmingham (USA)". International World Games Association. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Colombia top medals table after first day of Birmingham 2022 World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Greek Finswimming Team for World Games 2022". finswimmer.com. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Finswimming Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Ju-jitsu Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Muaythai Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  8. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (10 July 2022). "Egyptian sumo team banned from World Games over "poor sportsmanship"". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Parkour Results Book" (PDF). 202 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Waterski & Wakeboard Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.