With 22 athletes, Greece will participate in World Athletics Championship of Budapest (August 19-27), which is the top athletics event for this year. The Greek “colors” will represent 10 men and 12 women, with Milto Tedoglou, Katerina Stefanidis, Elina Tzengo, Antigoni Drisbiotis and Emmanuel Karalis to nominate for distinction in the organization. The first group of the Greek mission will leave on August 17 for the capital of Hungary.
The Greek team consists of the following sportsmen and women:
Men
On pole: Emmanuel Karalis (OSFP)
Length: Miltos Tendoglou (GS Kifisia)
Triple Jump: Dimitris Tsiamis (OSFP)
Triple jump: Andreas Pantazis (AO Megaron)
Triple Jump: Nikos Andrikopoulos (Amenias Mesogeion)
Shot put: Odysseas Mouzenidis (AS Kentavros)
Hammer throw: Michalis Anastasakis (GS Eleftherios Venizelos)
Hammer throw: Christos Franzeskakis (GS Eleftherios Venizelos)
Hammer throw: Kostas Zaltos (GS Mandron)
20km walking/35km walk: Alexandros Papamichael (AO Mykonos)
Women
200 m.: Polyniki Emmanouilidou (ASS Alexandros Makedonia)
400 m relay: Dimitra Gnafaki (PAO)
Height: Tatiana Gusin (GS Kifissia)
Height: Panagiota Dosi (GS Eleftherios Venizelos)
Pole vault: Katerina Stefanidis (AO Filotheis)
Pole vault: Eleni Pollak (AO Megaron)
Hammer throw: Stamatia Skarveli (GS Eleftherios Venizelos)
Javelin: Elina Jengo (AS Kentavros)
20km walking/35km Vadin: Kyriaki Fyltisakou (East of Nea Ionia)
20km walking/35km First: Antigoni Drisbiotis (ASS Alexander of Macedonia)
35km forward: Olga Fiaska (AS Athlonikisi Mytilini)
20km walking/35km First: Christina Papadopoulou (Panhellenic General Assembly)
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