Dionysios Xenos (born 5 July 1995) is a Greek

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ka. He won the gold medal in the men's 67kg event at the

2021 European Karate Championships The 2021 European Karate Championships was the 56th edition of the European Karate Championships and 3rd European Para Karate Championships, and was held in Poreč, Croatia from 19 to 23 May 2021. Medal table Medalists Men Women Participat ...

held in Poreč, Croatia. He also won the gold medal in his event at the

2022 Mediterranean Games The 2022 Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2022, links=, lit=, translit=ʾAlʿāb al-Baḥr al-ʾAbyaḍ al-Mutawassiṭ 2022), officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran ...

held in Oran, Algeria.

Career

Xenos won one of the bronze medals in the under-21 men's 67kg event at the 2016 EKF Cadet, Junior and under-21 Championships held in Limassol, Cyprus. In June 2021, Xenos competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo, Japan. In October 2021, he won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 Mediterranean Karate Championships held in Limassol, Cyprus. A month later, Xenos lost his bronze medal match in the men's 67kg event at the

World Karate Championships The Karate World Championships, also known as the World Karate Championships, are the highest level of competition for karate organized by the World Karate Federation (WKF). The competition is held in a different city every two years. Championshi ...

held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Xenos won the gold medal in the men's 67kg event at the

held in Oran, Algeria. In the final, he defeated Luca Maresca of Italy. He won the bronze medal in the men's kumite 67kg event at the

2022 World Games The 2022 World Games were an international multi-sport event held from July 7 to 17, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. They were the 11th World Games, a multi-sport event featuring disciplines of Olympic sports and other competitions ...

held in Birmingham, United States. Xenos won the silver medal in the men's 67kg event at the

2023 European Karate Championships The 2023 European Karate Championships was the 58th edition of the European Karate Championships and 5th European Para Karate Championships and were held in Guadalajara, Spain from 22 to 26 March 2023. Medal table Medalists Men Women Pa ...

held in Guadalajara, Spain. He also won the silver medal in the men's 67kg event at the

2023 European Games The 3rd European Games ( pl, III Igrzyska Europejskie, Igrzyska Europejskie 2023), informally known as Kraków-Małopolska 2023, is a scheduled international sporting event to be held in Kraków and Małopolska, Poland in 2023. All Olympic sports h ...

held in Poland. Xenos competed in the men's 67kg event at the

2023 World Karate Championships The 2023 World Karate Championships was held from 24 to 29 October 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. Iranian team's visa problems The visas of 21 Iranian karateka were not issued for various reasons. These karatekas were present in the men's kata an ...

held in Budapest, Hungary.

Personal life

His brother Christos-Stefanos Xenos also competes in karate.

Achievements

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Xenos, Dionysios Living people 1995 births Place of birth missing (living people) Greek male karateka Karateka at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in karate Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece World Games medalists in karate World Games bronze medalists Competitors at the 2022 World Games 21st-century Greek people Karateka at the 2023 European Games European Games silver medalists for Greece European Games medalists in karate