With the “crowning” of the Greek champions, the curtain fell today (Sunday, 22/10) on the 6th Pan-Hellenic Deaf Taekwondo Championship 2023, at the Indoor Municipal Gymnasium of Oreokastro (Kondaxopouleio).
The 13 sportsmen and women, from 6 sports clubs, gave it their all and presented an amazing spectacle, with matches where the winner was decided on the details or the experience of some of the competitors.
The Hellenic Deaf Sports Federation was represented at the Panhellenic Taekwondo Championship by First Vice President Aspasia Xaxiris, Second Vice President Antonis Zaspalis and Technical Director Taekwondo of the European Deaf Sports Organization (EDSO) Stavros Renieris.
Details of the winners per competition:
Men’s Kyorugi -80kg
Stergios Bentoulis (ASKK)
Raphael Magalios (ASKVE)
Nikos-Dionysis Kaplanis (POK)
Category -68kg
Pavlos Liotsos (ASKBE)
Stamatis Syros (AOK)
Women’s Kyorugi -67kg
Irini Machairidou (ASKVE)
Dimitra Paschali (AOK)
Young Women’s Kyorugi -57kg
Alexandra Giallourou (POK)
Young Men’s Kyorugi -58kg
Dimitris Kalpouzanis (Thessaly Deaf and Hard of Hearing Athletic Association)
Poomsae youth
Savvas Ganatsas (APOKM)
Men’s Poomsae
Konstantinos Kalaitzis (ASKVE)
Vassilis Dimopoulos (ASKK)
Stamatis Syros (AOK)
Women’s Poomsae
Irini Machairidou (ASKVE)
Dimitra Paschali (AOK)
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