The
athletics
Athletics may refer to:
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* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...
department of
Panathinaikos A.O.
Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...
was founded in 1919 by the football players of the team. Amongst its first athletes were
Giorgos Kalafatis
Giorgos Kalafatis ( el, Γιώργος Καλαφάτης; 17 March 1890 – 19 February 1964) was a Greek football pioneer, player, coach, track and field athlete and the founder of Panathinaikos Athens multi-sports club.
Sports career
Bein ...
,
Apostolos Nikolaidis,
Loukas Panourgias and
Michalis Papazoglou. It is the second oldest department of the club operating continuously since its foundation, only behind the football department.
In the
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...
the athlete of the team,
Antonis Kariofilis, became the first Greek to open the parade of nations.
After
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, a strong team was created with
,
Rigas Efstathiadis,
Antonis Tritsis
Antonis Tritsis ( el, Αντώνης Τρίτσης; 1937 – 7 April 1992) was a Greek politician and urban planner, born and raised in the town of Argostoli on the island of Cefalonia.
During his youth, he was an athlete of Panathinaikos A. ...
and others. In the 1960s the great pole vaulter
Christos Papanikolaou
Christos Papanikolaou ( el, Χρήστος Παπανικολάου, born 25 November 1941) is a retired Greek pole vaulter. On 25 October 1970, he set the world record at , significant to Americans as the first man to pole vault 18 feet. He c ...
also joined the team.
Through the next decades Panathinaikos won many Championships, in both men and women, becoming one of the strongest teams in the country. The men's team were Greek champions for 20 seasons in a row from 1955 to 1974, a record for
Greek athletics until present day.
Current men's roster
*
Panayotis Bourikas
*
Aggelos Deligiannis
*
Konstantinos Gavalas
Konstantinos or Constantinos (Κωνσταντίνος, ''Konstantínos'') is a Greek male given name.
* Konstantinos (born 1972), occultist
* Konstantinos "Kosta" Barbarouses (born 1990), New Zealand footballer
* Konstantinos Chalkias (born 1 ...
*
Konstantinos Gkelaouzos
Konstantinos Gelaouzos is a Greek long-distance runner. He was born on 21 November 1990 in Amfissa and resides in Athens.
His personal best in the Marathon run (2:14:15) places him in the fifth place among all time Greek Marathon runners.
On ...
*
Petros Hatziou
Petros, the original Greek and Coptic version of the name Peter, meaning "stone" or "rock", may refer to:
People
* Petros (given name)
* Petros (surname)
* Petros (footballer), Brazilian footballer Petros Matheus dos Santos Araújo (born 1989)
P ...
*
Thanasis Kalakos
Thanasis (Θανάσης) is a Greek given name, short for Athanasios (Αθανάσιος), which can mean "eternal life" or "immortal".
Notable people with the name Thanasis or Thanassis include:
*Thanasis Antetokounmpo (born 1992), Greek bask ...
*
Spiros Karalis
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** Spiro Mounds, an archaeological site
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* Spiro (name), including a list of people with the name
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* ARA ...
*
Christos Kosmidis
Christos may refer to:
* Jesus of Nazareth
* Christ (title), a title for the Jewish Messiah in Christianity
* Christos (surname)
* Christos (given name)
*, a Greek owned, Liberian flagged cargo ship in service 1962-71
See also
* Christ (disamb ...
*
Haralabos Lagos
*
Dimitris Levantinos Dimitris (Δημήτρης) is the Modern Greek form of the older forms Demetrios, Dimitrios (Δημήτριος, usually Latinized as Demetrius) and may refer to:
*Dimitris Arvanitis (born 1980), Greek professional football defender who plays for ...
*
Vasilis Mirianthopoulos Vassilios or Vassileios, also transliterated Vasileios, Vasilios, Vassilis or Vasilis ( el, Βασίλειος or Βασίλης), is a Greek given name, the origin of Basil. In ancient/medieval/Byzantine context, it is also transliterated as Basile ...
*
Anestis Papoulias Anestis is a Greek given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Anestis Anastasiadis (born 1983), Greek footballer
* Anestis Argyriou (born 1988), Greek footballer
* Anestis Agritis (born 1981), Greek footballer
* Anestis Chatziliadis (born 1 ...
*
Christos Papoulias
*
Vaggelis Plavoukos
*
Stelios Skordilis
*
Panayotis Trivizas
*
Vasilis Vlahos
Current women's roster
*
Artemis Anastasiou
*
Dimitra Gnafaki
*
Georgia Despollari
*
Anthi-Koraini Kiriakopoulou
*
Anastasia Marinakou
*
Pinelopi Nika
*
Konstantina Romaiou
*
Vasiliki Tachtara
*
Konstantina Giannopoulou
Honours
* Greek Championship, Men: (23): 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1989, 1990
* Greek Indoor Championship, Men: (3): 1986, 1989, 1990
* Greek Cross Country Championship, Men: (27) (record): 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1996, 1997, 2012, 2016, 2021
* Greek Championship, Women: (3): 1946, 1947, 1949
* Greek Cross Country Championship, Women: (8): 1949, 1950, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2017, 2022
Notable athletes
*
Stylianos Kyriakides
Stylianos "Stelios" Kyriakides ( el, Στυλιανός «Στέλιος» Κυριακίδης; 15 January 1910 in Paphos, Cyprus ( OS/ NS) – 10 December 1987 in Athens, Greece) was a Greek Cypriot marathon runner who came first at the Bo ...
*
Hrysopiyi Devetzi
Hrysopiyi "Piyi" Devetzi ( el, Χρυσοπηγή Δεβετζή, , born January 2, 1976) is a retired Greek athlete who competed in the triple jump and long jump.
Devetzi was born in Alexandroupoli. She won the triple jump silver medal at the 2 ...
*
Rigas Efstathiadis
*
Aris Karageorgos
*
*
Alexandra Papageorgiou
Alexandra Papageorgiou ( el, Αλεξάνδρα Παπαγεωργίου, born December 17, 1980) is a hammer thrower from Athens, Greece. Her personal best throw is 70.73 metres, achieved on August 1, 2009, in Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, ...
*
Christos Papanikolaou
Christos Papanikolaou ( el, Χρήστος Παπανικολάου, born 25 November 1941) is a retired Greek pole vaulter. On 25 October 1970, he set the world record at , significant to Americans as the first man to pole vault 18 feet. He c ...
*
Michalis Papazoglou
*
Hristos Polihroniou
Hristos Polihroniou (also Christos Polychroniou, el, Χρήστος Πολυχρονίου, born March 31, 1972) is retired a Greek hammer thrower.
He was born in Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (p ...
*
Konstantinos Poulios
Konstantinos Poulios (born 19 September 1977) is a Greek long-distance runner. He was born in Athens and originates from Trikala. He competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
London is the capital and List of urban ar ...
*
Nikolaos Regoukos
*
Georgios Roubanis
Georgios Roubanis ( el, Γεωργιος Ρουμπανης, born July 31, 1929) is a Greek pole vaulter. He was born in Tripoli, Greece. He competed at three Olympic Games. He is the elder brother of Aristeidis. He was named the 1956 Greek Ath ...
*
Antonis Tritsis
Antonis Tritsis ( el, Αντώνης Τρίτσης; 1937 – 7 April 1992) was a Greek politician and urban planner, born and raised in the town of Argostoli on the island of Cefalonia.
During his youth, he was an athlete of Panathinaikos A. ...
*
Pavlos Tzanavaras
*
Spilios Zacharopoulos
File:PapazoglouM.jpg, Michalis Papazoglou
File:Christos Papanikolaou 1966.jpg, Christos Papanikolaou
Christos Papanikolaou ( el, Χρήστος Παπανικολάου, born 25 November 1941) is a retired Greek pole vaulter. On 25 October 1970, he set the world record at , significant to Americans as the first man to pole vault 18 feet. He c ...
File:Piyi Devetzi worldcup2006.jpg, Hrysopiyi Devetzi
Hrysopiyi "Piyi" Devetzi ( el, Χρυσοπηγή Δεβετζή, , born January 2, 1976) is a retired Greek athlete who competed in the triple jump and long jump.
Devetzi was born in Alexandroupoli. She won the triple jump silver medal at the 2 ...
File:Kostantinos Poulios.jpg, Konstantinos Poulios
Konstantinos Poulios (born 19 September 1977) is a Greek long-distance runner. He was born in Athens and originates from Trikala. He competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
London is the capital and List of urban ar ...
File:Pavlos Tzanavaras.jpg, Pavlos Tzanavaras
Sources
* 100 years Panathinaikos, Liveri, 2008
Official website
External links
Official page(in Greek)
"Leoforos Dromeon"(annual 5k and 10k race organised by the club, in Greek)
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Athletics in Athens
Athletics clubs in Greece
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