Panachaiki G.E. (

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: Παναχαϊκή Γυμναστική Ένωση, ''Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi'', "Pan- Achaean Gymnastic Union") is a

multi-sport club based in the city of

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. The history of Panachaiki began in 1891, when Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos (Pan-Achaean Gymnastic Club) was founded. In 1894, a rival sports club, Gymnastiki Eteria Patron (Gymnastic Company of Patras), was founded in Patras by former Panachaikos' members. It was only in 1923 that the two clubs agreed to merge, forming Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi. Throughout a history of over 120 years, Panachaiki's athletes have won several Olympic medals. Emblematic figures in Panachaiki's history are weightlifter Dimitrios Tofalos and

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, leader of the great football team that impressed Greece in the 1970s and took part in the 1974 UEFA Cup,Rsssf, website about football statistics
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and

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) to achieve that distinction. Panachaiki 2011-12

Departments

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* Athletics

Titles

Panachaiki Football

''(Honours: 1 titles)'' *Opap championship: (1): 1972

Panachaiki athletics

''(Honours: 3 titles)'' *Greek Cross Country Championship, Men: (2): 1981, 1982 *Greek Cross Country Championship, Women: (1): 1959

Panachaiki boxing

''(Honours: 7 titles)'' *Greek Championship, Men: (4): 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 *Greek Championship, Women: (3): 2018, 2019, 2022

Panachaiki beach volley

''(Honours: 2 titles)'' *Greek Championship, Men: (2) : 2010, 2011

Panachaiki G.E. Greek Olympic medalists

* Nikolaos Andriakopoulos *

Antonios Pepanos Antonios Pepanos (, 1866 - 1918) was a Greece, Greek swimmer. He was a member of Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron, which merged with Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos in 1923 to become Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi. He won the silver medal in the 1896 Sum ...

* Pantelis Karasevdas * Stephanos Christopoulos * Dimitrios Tofalos * Themistoklis Diakidis * Konstantinos Kozanitas * Georgios Psachos * Vassilios Psachos * Konstantinos Lazaros

Notable supporters

* Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, Olympic athlete, Gold medalist n 1896 Olympics *Alekos Chrysanthakopoulos, politician with

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and LAOS * Stephanos Christopoulos, Roman-Greek fighter, former Panachaiki athlete, Bronze medalist in 1896 Olympics *Vivian Ioakeim, model, former Panachaiki athlete *Dimitris Katsikopoulos, politician with

*Christos Karyllos, politician, former club president * Kostis Stefanopoulos, former President of Hellenic Republic * Dimitrios Tofalos, weightlifter, former Panachaiki athlete, world record holder (1904-1914)

References

* *
Rsssf
website about football statistics *Municipality of Patras, ''100 years of football in Patras'', 2006 *Kokkovikas, K., ''The sports past of Achaia'', 2004

External links

; Official sites
Panachaiki Amateur Departments - official website
; Unofficial sites
Fansite "Axaioi-3"Fansite "Red Black"
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