Panagiotis Magdanis
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Panagiotis Magdanis (born 29 November 1990) is a Greek
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. He is a two-time World Champion in the men's lightweight quadruple sculls. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in
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, in the men's lightweight coxless four, finishing in the sixth place. He also participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in
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where he competed in the Men's lightweight double sculls event together with his teammate Eleftherios Konsolas. They qualified for the B finals, where they reached second place, finishing in 8th place overall.


Career

Magdanis's first international competition was the 2008 Junior World Championships, where he competed in the men's single scull. He then teamed up with Konsolas to win the gold medal at the 2010 Under-23 World Championships in the men's lightweight double scull. He won silver the next year, in the U23 individual scull. He and Konsolas won their first senior international medal at the 2011 European Championships, in the lightweight double sculls. Magdanis and Konsolas joined Nikolaos Afentoulus and Georgios Konsolas in the Greek lightweight quadruple sculls team that won silver at the 2012 World Championships. That year, as well as competing in the Olympic men's lightweight double sculls with Eleftherios Konsolas, he won the European title in the lightweight double sculls with Spyridon Giannaros. Magdanis, Eleftherious Konsolas, Georgios Konsolas and Giannaros won the men's lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2013 World Championships, and then retained their title at the 2014 World Championships. The team also won bronze at the 2016 World Championships, and then the team of Magdanis, Eleftherious Konsolas, Giannaros and Ninos Nikolaidis won bronze at the 2017 World Championships.


References

1990 births Living people Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Greek male rowers Olympic rowers of Greece People from Lemnos World Rowing Championships medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games medalists in rowing Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from the North Aegean {{Greece-rowing-bio-stub