Panathinaikos Athletics
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| Nicknames |
The Trifolium The Great Club |
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| Founded | 1919 |
| League | SEGAS |
| Based in | Athens, Greece |
| Stadium | Olympic Stadium of Athens |
| Colours | Green, White |
| President | Takis Ikonomopoulos |
| Head coach | Notis Papoulias |
| Manager | Dimitris Rigas |
| Championships |
23 Men's Greek Championships 4 Men's Greek Indoor Championships 26 Men's Greek Cross Country Championships 3 Women's Greek Championships 6 Women's Greek Cross Country Championships |
| Website | panathinaikos1908.gr |
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The athletics department of Panathinaikos A.O. was founded in 1919 by the football players of the team. Amongst its first athletes were Giorgos Kalafatis, Apostolos Nikolaidis, Loukas Panourgias and Michalis Papazoglou. It is the second oldest department of the club operating continuously since its foundation, only behind the football department.
In the 1928 Summer Olympics the athlete of the team, Antonis Kariofilis, became the first Greek to open the parade of nations.
After World War II, 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, becoming one of the strongest teams in the country. The men's team were Greek champions for 20 seasons in a row from 1955 to 1974, a record for Greek athletics until present day.
Current men's roster
- Paraskevas Batzavalis
- Ademe Cuneo
- Aggelos Deligiannis
- Konstantinos Gkelaouzos
- Ilias Kassos
- Christos Kosmidis
- Ioannis Lallas
- Giorgos Loufekis
- Kostas Nikolaou
- Anestis Papoulias
- Christos Papoulias
- Konstantinos Poulios
- Dimitris Sabanis
- Panagiotis Thanasoulas
- Dimitris Theodorakakos
- Pavlos Tzanavaras
Current women's roster
- Christina Fouki
- Elena Leventaki
- Christina Marouda
- Alexia Polykrati
- Antonia Tsoutsoudaki
- Glykeria Tziatzia
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: (3): 1986, 1989, 1990
- 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, 2012, 2016
- Greek Championship, Women: (3): 1946, 1947, 1949
- Greek Cross Country Championship, Women: (6): 1949, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2017
Notable athletes
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Renos Fragoudis - Stylianos Kyriakides
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Hrysopiyi Devetzi - Rigas Efstathiadis
- Panagiotis Fotiou
- Giannis Kabadellis
- Aris Karageorgos
- Antonis Kariofilis
- 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
External links
- Official page (in Greek)
- Official facebook page (in Greek)
- Official instagram page (in Greek)
- "Leoforos Dromeon" (annual 5k and 10k race organised by the club, in Greek)