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Greece at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics

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Greece at the
2017 Deaflympics
IOC codeGRE
NOCGreece Deaf Sports Committee
Websitewww.hafdeaf.gr
in Samsun
Competitors54
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
5
Summer appearances

Greece competed in the 2017 Summer Deaflympics which was held in Samsun, Turkey. Greece sent a delegation consisting of 54 competitors for the multi-sporting event.[1]

The delegates who represented Greece won a total of 5 medals at the Deaflympic event including 2 gold medals to their medal tally.[2]

Basketball

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Greece deaf women's basketball team created history in the basketball competition after beating favourites and European champions Lithuania in the women's basketball final to secure the gold medal with the final score ending up in the favour of Greece, 67–50.[3][4] This was the first instance where the national women's deaf basketball team was managed to clinch the gold medal in the competition. However, the Greek deaf men's basketball team only managed to secure the 4th place in the men's basketball event.[5]

Medalists

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Name Medal Sport Event
Papadatos Alexandros  Gold Wrestling Greco-Roman - 130 kg
Greece  Gold Basketball Women's basketball
Papadatos Alexandros  Silver Wrestling Freestyle - 125 kg
Fouledaki Maria  Bronze Taekwondo Women's 67 kg
Liotsos Pavlos  Bronze Taekwondo Men's 58 kg

Medal table

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Sport  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
Wrestling 1 1 0 2
Basketball 1 0 0 1
Taekwondo 0 0 2 2

References

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  1. ^ "Greece | 2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-17.
  2. ^ "Countries | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-17.
  3. ^ "Gold for Women's national team at deaflympics". AGONAsport.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-24. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  4. ^ "Women's basketball| 2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-06. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  5. ^ "Men's basketball | 2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-24. Retrieved 2017-11-17.