“Fodariko” with 15 medals at the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the Masters category – Third in the world in the table after

Fans of jiu jitsu had the opportunity to get a preview of what is to come in the coming days, until November 4, where the respective events of all age categories will be held at the World Jiu Jitsu Championship of Heraklion which started on Wednesday at the “Two Aorakis””.

Greek athletes fared brilliantly on the first day of the event, winning four gold, seven silver and four bronze medals, placing third in the medal table behind France (30 medals) and Canada who had ten medals, but the six were gold, placing it above Greece in the ranking. In total medals, however, the Greek champions were second.

THE GREEK MEDALS

Masters 1

+94k. Fighting: Gold medal Christos Dimitropoulos

+94k. Fighting: Bronze Marios Mavroudakos

+94k.: Silver Marios Mavroudakos

-85kg: Giorgos Louloudas bronze

-77 Mr. fighting: bronze Giorgos Petroulakis

Masters 1/2

-70k. fighting: Gold Iphigenia Tsiltiklis

-70k.: Argyro Kyriaki Andresaki

Masters 2

+94k.: Gold Panagiotis Antonopoulos

Masters 3

-70k: Silver and Fotini Karaulani

-70k. fighting: Argyros and Fotini Karaulani

-77k fighting: silver Savvas Matentzoglou

-94 k. fighting: Dimitris Verikoukis silver

Masters 4

+94k. fighting gold Michalis Sakellaris

-77k fighting: silver Ilias Vetseridis

-77km.: Bronze Antonis Vogiantzis

*The program continues on Thursday with the main menu of the event.