Panathinaikos Athletics
| Panathinaikos Athletics | |
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| Nicknames | The Trifolium |
| Founded | 1919 |
| Based in | Athens, Greece |
| Stadium | Olympic Stadium of Athens |
| President | Ilias Michalarias |
| Head coach |
 Zisis Kourelos Apostolos Moschos Simeon Anastasiadis Spyros Vasdekis |
| Website | panathinaikos1908.gr |
The athletics department of Panathinaikos A.O. was founded in 1919 by the fooball players of the team. Amongst the first athletes were Giorgos Kalafatis, Apostolos Nikolaidis, Loukas Panourgias and Michalis Papazoglou.
In the 1928 Summer Olympics the athlete of the team, Antonis Kariofilis, became the first Greek to open the parade of nations.
After WWII, a strong team was created with Giannis Lambrou, Rigas Efstathiadis, Antonis Tritsis and others. In the 1960s the great pole vaulter Christos Papanikolaou also joined the team.
Through the next decades Panathinaikos won many Championships, in both men and women, becaming one of the strongest teams in the country. The men's team were Greek champions for 19 seasons in row, from 1955 to 1974, a record for the Greek athletics.
Honours
- Greek Championship, Men: (23): 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1989, 1990
- Greek Indoor Championship, Men: (4): 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994
- Greek Cross Country Championship, Men: (26) (record): 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2012
- Pancypriot Championship, Men: (1): 1950
- Greek Championship, Women: (3): 1946, 1947, 1949
- Greek Cross Country Championship, Women: (6): 1949, 1950, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
Notable athletes
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Renos Fragoudis - Hrysopiyi Devetzi
- Rigas Efstathiadis
- Panagiotis Fotiou
- Giannis Kabadellis
- Antonis Kariofilis
- Aris Karageorgos
- Giannis Lambrou
- Alexandra Papageorgiou
- Christos Papanikolaou
- Michalis Papazoglou
- Hristos Polihroniou
- Konstantinos Poulios
- Georgios Roubanis
- Antonis Tritsis
- Stavros Tsitouras
- Nikos Vouzis
- Spilios Zacharopoulos
Sources
- 100 years Panathinaikos, Liveri, 2008
- Official website
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