Jiu Jitsu: 8 more medals for Greece at the adults & youth World Championship in “Dyo Aorakia”

Two silver and six bronze medals were added to the already large Greek collection, with the tally now reaching 26 in the event (5 gold, 5 silver, 16 bronze)!

In fact, the two silver ones could have been gold, but at the… limit, the top was lost.

Initially, in the final of the -48k fighting in the U16 category, Alexandra Karavassili lost the final at the last second to the Thai Wamkao with 14-13, while in the U18 women’s duo, the Sidera sisters, lost by just one point in the standings, from the also Thai Kaelong Sisters.

“I am very happy that after this preparation, we managed to come second even though I lost by one point. It’s definitely a strong feeling, winning a medal in your region. I dedicate the medal to my coach who has supported me for 10 years,” said Karavassili after winning her silver medal.

For their part, Alexandra and Maria Sidera emphasized: “Very nice championship and we are satisfied with what we achieved. It’s special to win here and it’s a great joy and emotion to have done it in front of our people. We dedicate it to our family”

Six bronze medals were added to the two silver medals, three of which in U21 (Giannatos in -62k fighting, Lefteris Stathis in -69k fighting and Charalambos Kaklamanos in -77k fighting), two in U18 (Stefanopoulou in -52k fighting and Stambouli/ Vazeou in Duo) and one in U16 (Cello at -57k.)

The presence of the Greeks

U21

-56 Mr. U21 fighting: 7th Leonidas Michtarian, 9th Nikos Daltas

-62k U21 fighting: 3rd Marinos Giannatos, 7th Alexandros Kyridis

-69k U21 fighting: 3rd Lefteris Stathis, 5th Thanasis Karvelis

-77 Mr. U21 fighting: 3rd Charalambos Kaklamanos, 7th Kostas Doulas

U18

-52 Mr. U18: 7th Michalis Paraskevas

-56k U18: 9th Christos Evangelou, 13th Kostas Grammenos

-62 Mr. U18: 7th Stelios Skyptos, 17th Giorgos Karakasilis

-48k. U18 fighting: 2nd Alexandra Karavasilis, 7th Sofia Iliopoulou

-52k U18 fighting: 3rd Elena Stephanopoulou, 9th Charalambia Stavrogiannopoulou

U18 women’s duo: 2nd Sidera/Sidera, 3rd Stambouli/Vazaio,

U18 men’s duo: 8th Liofagos/Sarafoglou, 9th Aslanidis/Balaskas

Show mixed U18: 6th Vazaios/Vazaiou, 7th Iliopoulou/Mamakopoulos

U16

-52k U16: 7th Katerina Verykokidis, 13th Christiana Kazaki

-57k U16: 3rd Efmorfia Cellou, 9th Fotini Dimaki,

-63k U16: 5th Georgia Spaidiotis, 9th Christina Mavroyianni

+63m. U16: 5th Paraskevi Kalogeri, 7th Katerina Dramilari

-62k U16: 13th Stavros Georgiadis, 17th Alexandros Sarakanidis

-69 Mr. U16: 17th Thanasis Kontaratos, 17th Giorgos Bakalexis

-77 Mr. U16: 13th Charalambos Difonis

+77m. U16: 9th Ioannis Kanellos, 13th Nikos-Raphael Katsadouras

*Organizers of the competitions are the Hellenic Jiu Jitsu Federation EFEOZZ and the World Federation JJIF.

The co-organizers of the games are the Ministry of Sports and the Region of Crete, while the World Championships are held under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism and the Municipality of Heraklion. The communication sponsor of the games is the Athenian Macedonian News Agency, TV Creta and Creta24.gr