Greece has participated in the World Games since 1997, in various sports, and as of 2022 has won a sum of 23 medals (5 gold, 11 silver, 7 bronze) and holds the 42nd place at the all-time World Games medal table.[1]
Medals
Medals and place by games
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Place |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1981 Santa Clara | - | - | - | - | - |
1985 London | - | - | - | - | - |
1989 Karlsruhe | - | - | - | - | - |
1993 Den Haag | - | - | - | - | - |
1997 Lahti | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 30[2] |
2001 Akita | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21[3] |
2005 Duisburg | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 28[4] |
2009 Kaohsiung | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 29[5] |
2013 Cali | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50[6] |
2017 Wroclaw | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53[7] |
2022 Birmingham | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 35[8] |
Total | 5 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 42[1] |
Medals by sport
Sport | Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Karate | Kumite | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
Waterski & Wakeboard | Waterski | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Fitness and Bodybuilding | Bodybuilding | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Gymnastics | Parkour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Underwater sports | Finswimming | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Ju-jitsu | Fighting | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 5 | 11 | 7 | 23 |
Greek medalists at the World Games
The Greek athletes who have won medals in the World Games are the following:[9]
No | Games | Name | Medal | Sport | Discipline | Medal event |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1997 Lahti | Angeliki Andriopoulou | Gold | Waterski & Wakeboard | Waterski | Trick Women |
2 | 1997 Lahti | Ioanna Chatziioannou | Silver | Weightlifting | 70kg Women | |
3 | 1997 Lahti | Angeliki Andriopoulou | Bronze | Waterski & Wakeboard | Waterski | Slalom Women |
4 | 2001 Akita | Pavlos Mentis | Gold | Fitness and Bodybuilding | Bodybuilding | Middleweight Men |
5 | 2001 Akita | Konstantinos Papadopoulos | Silver | Karate | Kumite | Open Men |
6 | 2001 Akita | Angeliki Andriopoulou | Silver | Waterski & Wakeboard | Waterski | Overall Women |
7 | 2005 Duisburg | Dimitrios Triantafyllis | Gold | Karate | Kumite | 65kg Men |
8 | 2005 Duisburg | Konstantinos Papadopoulos | Silver | Karate | Kumite | 75kg Men |
9 | 2005 Duisburg | Ioannis Tsourounakis | Silver | Underwater sports | Finswimming | Surface 400m Men |
10 | 2009 Kaohsiung | Michail Georgios Tzanos | Gold | Karate | Kumite | 75kg Men |
11 | 2009 Kaohsiung | Spyridon Margaritopoulos | Silver | Karate | Kumite | 80kg+ Men |
12 | 2009 Kaohsiung | Konstantinos Papadopoulos | Bronze | Karate | Kumite | 80kg Men |
13 | 2013 Cali | Marie Vympranietsova | Silver | Waterski & Wakeboard | Waterski | Jump Women |
14 | 2013 Cali | Michail Georgios Tzanos | Bronze | Karate | Kumite | 84kg Men |
15 | 2017 Wroclaw | Marie Vympranietsova | Silver | Waterski & Wakeboard | Waterski | Jump Women |
16 | 2022 Birmingham | Ioakeim Theodoridis | Gold | Gymnastics | Parkour | Freestyle Men [10][11] |
17 | 2022 Birmingham | Athanasia Zariopi | Silver | Ju-jitsu | Fighting | 48kg Women [12] |
18 | 2022 Birmingham | Christina Koutoulaki | Silver | Ju-jitsu | Fighting | 57kg Women [13] |
19 | 2022 Birmingham | Stylianos Chatziiliadis | Silver | Underwater sports | Finswimming | Bi Fins 50m Men |
20 | 2022 Birmingham | Dionysios Xenos | Bronze | Karate | Kumite | 67kg Men [14] |
21 | 2022 Birmingham | Christos Ioannis Bonias | Bronze | Underwater sports | Finswimming | Bi Fins 100m Men [15] |
22 | 2022 Birmingham | Christos Ioannis Bonias | Bronze | Underwater sports | Finswimming | Bi Fins 50m Men |
23 | 2022 Birmingham | Anastasios Mylonakis | Bronze | Underwater sports | Finswimming | Surface 100m Men [15] |
References
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- ^ "Medal history of The World Games | IWGA | 1997 Lahti (FIN)". www.theworldgames.org. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ^ "Medal history of The World Games | IWGA | 2001 Akita (JPN)". www.theworldgames.org. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ^ "Medal history of The World Games | IWGA | 2005 Duisburg (GER)". www.theworldgames.org. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ^ "Medal history of The World Games | IWGA | 2009 Kaohsiung (TPE)". www.theworldgames.org. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ^ "Medal history of The World Games | IWGA | 2013 Cali (COL)". www.theworldgames.org. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ^ "Medal history of The World Games | IWGA | 2017 Wrocław (POL)". www.theworldgames.org. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ^ "Medal history of The World Games | IWGA | 2022 Birmingham (USA)". www.theworldgames.org. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
- ^ "Result history of The World Games | IWGA | GRE". www.theworldgames.org. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
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